The AI-ification of seemingly knows no bounds, and now it wants you to turn to AI for booking flights, too. Rolling out in the US, Canada and India over the next week, lives within Google Flights, and is designed for “flexible travelers whose number one goal is saving money on their next trip.”
Rather than going through the usual process of manually selecting dates, times and destinations, you just tell the AI-powered assistant your travel intentions using natural language prompts. It’ll then pull through the best deals it can find, paying attention to any additional information you provide.
Flight Deals leverages real-time Google Flights data to ensure you’re always shown up-to-date flights and deals from various airlines and booking operators. Google says the tool is first launching in beta and will use feedback from users to improve its capabilities over time. The company plans to add an option to exclude basic economy fares in the US and Canada, for example.
To use the optional AI deal-hunter, you can either head to the dedicated page or select it from the top-left drop-down menu on Google Flights.
