Google tests query bubbles at the top of AI Overviews

Google is testing query bubbles at the top of AI Overviews in some languages, and clicking one opens AI Mode with the bubble text as the prompt,

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Google is testing query bubbles at the top of AI Overviews. Clicking a bubble takes the user to AI Mode, and the text of that bubble becomes the prompt. We have seen several other ways Google pushes users toward AI Mode, and this looks like another one.

This was first spotted by Gagan Ghotra, who shared a screenshot on X.

He wrote: “For some languages Google is testing showing query bubbles at the top of AI Overviews answers! Clicking any bubble takes the user to AI Mode, and the text of that bubble becomes the prompt.”

Here is a screenshot he shared.

query bubbles at the top of AI Overviews

I guess Google wants more users to move into AI Mode and use it. Google has tested similar approaches before, and this is a new treatment of the same idea.

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