Reddit Answers Now Available on Web and iOS as Beta Version: Limited Early Access for Few Users in India Too

Reddit, the American social news and forum platform, quite recently started to invite more users and has become profitable for the first time in its 20-year history. The brand has already introduced its AI service – Reddit Answers on its platform and the beta version is currently available for early access to a few users, even in India, both on web and iOS (and at the moment not on Android).
While it resembles Google’s AI Overview in appearance, it works a little different from this competitor, and has a drawback that will have to be fixed before it gets rolled out to a wider audience. Read more about it below.
Reddit’s Reddit Answers Beta Version Early Access Now Available to Few Limited Users
As mentioned, while using Reddit Answers, users will be brought to an interface where a large search bar can be found at the bottom, and on asking a question or query, a response similar to what Google’s AI Overview would generate will be generated on Reddit Answers as well. However, unlike Google AI Overview which takes multiple sources from different websites and platforms including Reddit, Reddit Answers solely generates responses with Reddit posts and pages only. Just like Google, an answer to the question along with sub-topics in bullet points related to it will be provided, with source links attached.
Now speaking more about Reddit Answers, there seems to be some refinements that the brand will have to take care of before it gets made available to more users. In the case of general, factual, or complex topics, Reddit could be able to generate relevant and sensible responses, but it really lacks the capability to answer perfectly when it comes to latest news and updates. For example, when asking of a recent occurrence concerning a celebrity’s recent divorce case or some sort of allegation that he or she might be facing, instead of answering to the question, an older unrelated or irrelevant information will be shared. Similarly, if asked about a recent cricket match or football match, mostly the responses will be based on a previous match played by the respective team.
To conclude, Reddit Answers has the capability to bring scattered Reddit posts together and compile it to a whole idea, freeing users from the time and effort they have to take in order to find relevant information or news, but the brand has to do a lot of learning and take necessary steps to deal with questions regarding recent occurrences before it takes on with Google’s AI Overview completely in the near future.