Rhiannon “Rhi” Bell

Rhiannon “Rhi” Bell — Vice President of User Experience, Google Search at Google. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.

Rhiannon “Rhi” Bell

Vice President of User Experience, Google Search

Rhiannon “Rhi” Bell is Vice President of User Experience for Google Search, leading the designers, researchers and content strategists shaping one of the world’s most widely used products. With more than 20 years in product development across Google, NerdWallet, BBC News and Zynga, Rhi focuses on how AI can make Search more helpful while preserving trust, user agency and sound judgment.

Past talks

1 talk · 1 event

2026

UXDX San FranciscoNov 2026

Fireside

How Do You Evolve a Product Billions of People Trust?

Google Search is undergoing one of the most consequential transformations in its history as AI changes how people find, understand and act on information. In this fireside, Rhi Bell shares the real decisions behind evolving a product used by billions: what changes, what must remain familiar, and how the team balances speed and creative possibility with trust, user agency and judgment. The conversation will explore the tradeoffs, challenges and lessons from designing new AI-powered Search experiences, not just the finished vision.

Rhiannon “Rhi” Bell