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Gemini's lack of a reliable way to force web search is embarrassing

Honestly, this is embarrassing. It's 2026, and pretty much every other major AI chatbot has a dedicated button to force a web search. Most of them also automatically search when a question requires up-to-date information. Getting Gemini to actually search the internet, on the other hand, can be bor…

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  1. 2026-10-30 01:18 · r/GeminiAI
    Gemini's lack of a reliable way to force web search is embarrassing

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