Google's AMIE studied as a patient-facing diagnostic chat tool in a real-world clinical setting

Google calls AMIE the first patient-facing conversational diagnostic tool of its kind studied prospectively in a real-world clinical setting. It says a study published in The Lancet on October 8, 2026, found that pre-appointment chats built patients' confidence and helped them organize their thoughts. Google also says physicians who reviewed information from those conversations got more time to focus on collaborative care and shared decision-making instead of digging through data.