Google AI Overviews are only really live in the United States, for personal Google accounts (not Workspace accounts) and on Chrome browsers. Well, Google seems to be showing AI Overviews to some Workspace accounts in the UK.
James Powley shared a screenshot showing how his search on Google shows an AI Overview, also showing that he is using a Google Workspace account and that he is in the UK. He posted this screenshot for me on X
You can clearly see this is a Google Workspace account, since it says “Managed by bluearray.co.uk.”
Chloe Smith notified me of this and James sent me more of these screenshots, including the one above:
Some examples! pic.twitter.com/ioCxnpcUSO
— James Powley (@JamesPowley_SEO) July 17, 2024
According to the Google documentation, it says “For now, Search Labs and its experiments are not available to Google Workspace accounts, including Google Workspace for Education accounts.”
Here is another: