{"slug": "googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more", "title": "Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more", "summary": "Google announced Thursday that its AI Mode conversational search experience can now track flight prices, book hotels, and display costs in points or miles, positioning it as an AI travel agent. Flight price tracking is available in more than 180 countries, and hotel booking is rolling out in the U.S. in English with partners including Booking.com, Hilton, and Marriott International. Users can ask AI Mode to monitor fares and receive email alerts, or complete hotel bookings via Google Pay.", "body_md": "Google is adding new ways for users to plan and book trips through AI Mode, its conversational search experience, the company announced on Thursday. Users will now be able to ask AI Mode to track flight prices, book hotels, and see the cost of flights and hotels in points or miles.\n\nThe updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it’s moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process itself.\n\nUsers can now describe to AI Mode when and where they want to fly, and the tool will display the best options available with the latest prices from more than 300 airlines and travel sites. If they’re ready to book, they can go ahead and build their itinerary in AI Mode. If they want to wait and see if prices drop, they can ask something like “track these flight prices for me.”\n\nThey’ll then get an email if prices change for the destination and dates they entered. Flight price tracking in AI Mode is now available in more than 180 countries.\n\nAs for hotel booking, users will be able to discover and book their next hotel through a conversation with AI Mode. Users can tell AI Mode about their upcoming trip and their hotel preferences to get a list of options alongside reviews and key factors.\n\nOnce they’ve found a hotel they like, they can ask AI Mode to help complete the booking. Then, they need to select the “Continue on Google” option that will appear alongside Google’s integrated partners, which includes hotel chains and travel sites.\n\nFrom there, they can choose their room, review details such as the cancellation policy, and complete the booking with Google Pay. The tech giant notes that the hotel or booking platform will handle the booking and any customer service.\n\nHotel booking in AI Mode has started rolling out in the U.S. in English and will be available over the coming weeks with offerings from Booking.com, Choice Hotels International, Expedia, Hilton, Hotels.com, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International, Priceline, Trip.com, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.\n\nGoogle also announced that AI Mode can now display the cost in points or miles for flights and hotels by asking something like “I want to travel from Atlanta to Miami using my AA miles. Help me find some options for nonstop flights departing Oct 9 and returning on Oct 12”.\n\nUsers will then see how many miles they need to book matching flights. The update is now available globally.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more/", "published_at": "2026-08-27 16:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 16:21:34.775008+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Google", "Booking.com", "Choice Hotels International", "Expedia", "Hilton", "Hotels.com", "IHG Hotels & Resorts", "Marriott International"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-ai-mode-can-now-track-flight-prices-help-book-hotels-and-more.jsonld"}}