Instant answer

A Google search for Nelson Mandela. The traditional instant answer can be seen on the right.

An instant answer is a type of response supplied by a search engine in response to a search query, without the user having to navigate away from the search results page.

Originally restricted to basic calculations, weather updates, or static definitions, instant answers have evolved with advancements in Artificial Intelligence into real-time generative summaries that synthesize text from multiple web sources simultaneously.