Google Search has updated Canvas inside AI Mode, a workspace powered by Gemini that already lets users draft and refine documents, to now support coding projects and interactive tools.
With the latest update, you can plan, code, and build small apps directly inside Google Search without switching to separate editors or coding environments.
AI Mode is Google’s conversational search experience that replaces traditional results with AI-driven responses. Canvas in AI Mode is now available to everyone in the United States in English.
Canvas now supports writing and coding projects
Canvas appears as a side panel within AI Mode, and you can continue improving the project you are working on through follow-up prompts.
To make your own tool or dashboard, select the new Canvas option from the tool menu in AI Mode and describe what you want to create. Gemini then generates a working prototype that appears inside the Canvas panel.
For example, you can request a basic web app, a calculator, or a simple game, and the AI will produce working code that appears inside Canvas.
Once the code is generated, you can review it, edit it, and ask Gemini to improve or expand it. The system can help add new features, debug issues, or explain how parts of the code work.
Canvas continues to support writing tasks such as drafting essays, planning reports, or organizing study guides. You can highlight sections and ask Gemini to expand ideas, simplify explanations, or restructure the content.
The AI can also pull relevant information from the web and Google’s knowledge graph to help refine the work. With Canvas mode, you can also plan and book your trip using AI.
With this update, Google is turning Search into more than a place to find information. It is now a space where users can build, write, and refine projects with the help AI.
