Google LLC today debuted a new version of its Google Finance financial data search tool that uses artificial intelligence to process queries.
The company plans to roll out the upgrade in the U.S. over the coming weeks. Users will have the option to toggle between the new and original version.
Introduced in 2006, Google Finance is a section of the Alphabet Inc. unit’s search engine that displays data about stocks and other financial instruments. There are more than a dozen interface widgets that each track a different type of asset. A search bar enables users to surface more detailed information.
In the original version of Google Finance, the search bar only makes it possible to look up one asset at a time. For example, entering a query about Apple Inc. stock returns a page that displays the iPhone maker’s recent earnings results and share price movements. The upgraded version of Google Finance supports broader searches. A user could enter a query that retrieves information about not only Apple but also multiple competing handset makers.
“Rather than looking up individual stock details, you can ask your complex research questions in one go, to get helpful analysis and novel insights,” Google Search principal engineer Barine Tee wrote in a blog post.
Google has expanded the list of data sources that users can access through the Google Finance search bar. According to the company, there’s now more information about commodities and cryptocurrencies. Additionally, the interface section that displays financial news now refreshes in real-time when updates are available.
Users can visualize data retrieved by Google Finance with a built-in charting tool. The feature can now organize information in a candlestick chart, a type of graph that lends itself well to monitoring stock price movements. Google also has added the ability to display more types of financial metrics including moving average envelopes, which track long-term stock trends.
The update is rolling out a day after the release of GPT-5. The model, which is available in both the free and paid versions of ChatGPT, can provide higher-quality information about financial topics than its predecessor.
A few weeks earlier, Google rival Perplexity AI Inc. updated its search engine’s finance section with several new features. One of the additions provides access to earnings documents. Another new feature allows users to organize a set of stocks in a spreadsheet and sort them using natural language prompts.
The Google Finance enhancements are part of a broad effort by the Alphabet unit to integrate more AI features into its consumer services. In May, the company started rolling out a new AI tool for Google Search that can provide more detailed answers to user queries than AI Overviews. Earlier, it added a Gemini integration to Google Maps that summarizes venue reviews and performs related tasks.
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