Airbnb adds AI search and more services to help you plan your next getaway

Airbnb is adding AI-powered search New AI comparisons make it easier to weigh up vacation rentals and narrow down your options Services are expanding to include baby-gear rentals, laundry, and meal delivery.

After a major redesign of its entire service, headed by an easier-to-use app for iOS and Android, Airbnb is further refining the experience to make finding your next vacation rental a little easier.

Not surprisingly, it’s turning to AI, but the focus here is on natural-language search, property comparisons, and updated ways to find what else you can do while staying at your Airbnb.

This follow-up should make it easier to find homes, experiences, or services that meet your needs — the three main parts of the redesigned app.

Instead of introducing a new interface or updated visuals, Airbnb is using AI to help you find what you’re looking for more easily.

Pushing aside sorting through filters, lists, and checkboxes, you’ll be able to search for a stay the way you’d actually talk about it.

The quest to make searching easier (Image credit: Airbnb) Like Claude or ChatGPT, Airbnb’s new AI search lets you type or speak a query, making it easier to find a stay that fits what you have in mind.

You can search across homes, experiences, and services, using your own words to describe what you need, rather than trying to find the right combination of filters.

AI is also built into the filtering process.

Type in a keyword, and Airbnb will suggest relevant filters to help narrow down your options.

For example, searching for 'baby' can surface amenities like cribs, playgrounds, children’s books, and toys.

The app will also use AI to highlight key home features directly in search results, so you can get a better sense of what a listing offers without opening every property page.

Less tapping! (Image credit: Airbnb) And if you’ve already saved a few contenders to your wishlist, Airbnb is adding AI-powered comparisons that put properties side by side and summarize their key features.

This could be particularly useful if you’re the one in your group tasked with narrowing down the options.