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Google’s Search Live may soon learn to respect boundaries

by | Nov 4, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Search, News

The Google app, showing the AI Mode button.

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR

  • Google is testing the option for Search Live in Google to stop listening when you close the app.
  • Currently, if you’re in the middle of a search, it continues to listen and interact even when you switch away.
  • Google is also testing new toggle for Live caption and a new Search Live shortcut in the AI Mode.

Google is not leaving any stone unturned in ensuring that people not only rely on its AI products but also depend on them in the same way they depend on Search. That is why Google has been pushing Search features like AI Mode and Search Live parallel to Gemini and Gemini Live, offering comparable functionality with and without the benefit of results from Google Search. As you might have guessed, Search Live lets you obtain search results that are fine-tuned in real-time while interacting with it using voice or video. While the feature is still relatively new, Google is gradually adding features to make it useful to a broader set of users.

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With version 16.44.59.sa.arm64 of the Google app, we’ve dug up more new features being tested for Search Live. The first option is to stop Search Live when you close the interface. Currently, Search Live continues to work in the background even after you minimize the app, actively listening to any follow-up queries you might have.