Google says users in the US can now link to and interact with some apps in AI Mode, including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/googles-ai-mode-now-lets-you-link-and-interact-with-select-apps/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260716/i44.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260716/p44#a260716p44" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Aisha Malik / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/googles-ai-mode-now-lets-you-link-and-interact-with-select-apps/">Google says users in the US can now link to and interact with some apps in AI Mode, including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Google announced on Thursday that it now allows users to link and interact with some of their go-to apps right in AI Mode, the tech giant's conversational search experience.</p>