Google refreshes Trends Explore with Gemini-powered comparisons
Google announced on Jan 14, 2026 that the Google Trends Explore page now uses Gemini to automatically surface and compare related searches. The desktop rollout adds a new side panel, suggested Gemini prompts, and doubles the rising queries shown per timeline.
Google said today that it has redesigned the Google Trends Explore experience, with a Jan 14, 2026 announcement tied to Gemini capabilities.
The updated Trends Explore page adds a side panel that uses Gemini to automatically identify relevant related searches and compare them against the topic you’re investigating. Google also includes a set of suggested Gemini prompts inside that panel to guide further exploration from the same page. In one example Google provided, the graph can auto-populate with up to eight search terms for a topic (such as specific dog breeds) so they can be compared on a single timeline. Google said users can hover over a term to edit it and can refine the timeline using country, time, and property filters. The redesign introduces dedicated icons and colors for each compared term, and Google said it has doubled the number of rising queries shown on each timeline. Google said the new Trends Explore experience is launching first on desktop and will roll out gradually.