Search Console adds an AI Overviews and AI Mode report
For the first time Search Console shows how often your pages appear in Google’s AI features. It shows impressions only, and comes with a setting to leave AI features entirely.
Google launched a generative AI performance report in Search Console on June 3, 2026. It covers AI Overviews, AI Mode and generative AI features in Discover. Several sources report that it reached every property on August 31, 2026.
What happened
The report shows impressions only, broken down by page, country, device and date. There are no clicks, CTR or queries.
On the same day Google added a setting to exclude a site’s content from generative AI features. It came out of a conduct requirement from the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Google says sites that switch it off won’t receive impressions or traffic from those features. Regular blue links and the standard Discover feed are not affected.
What it means for you
- Look at which pages appear in AI features. These are the pages Google trusts enough to summarise or cite.
- Clicks still need your analytics. Without clicks in the report, compare AI impressions with organic landings for the same pages.
- Think before opting out. The toggle is all or nothing for AI features, and it gives up their impressions and traffic.
To see AI assistant clicks in GA4, use the AI Referral Traffic Tracker setup.