Google experiments with sending Chrome searches straight to AI
Key takeaways
- The company is reportedly bypassing classic search results in its testing browser.
- Mawaddah F/Shutterstock Google seems to be mulling the idea of giving you the option to go straight to AI Mode when you do search queries.
- When you do search queries on the regular Chrome today, Google will take you to the "All" page that includes an AI Overview with a summary of the results you get, followed by blue links that lead to individual websites.
The company is reportedly bypassing classic search results in its testing browser.
Mawaddah F/Shutterstock Google seems to be mulling the idea of giving you the option to go straight to AI Mode when you do search queries. Windows Report has discovered a new hidden hidden flag in Chrome Canary, the browser's most experimental variant meant for developers and early adopters, that will take you to AI Mode by default. The publication has confirmed that the test feature works when enabled and has noted that it looks a lot more complete and ready to ship than typical prototypes.
When you do search queries on the regular Chrome today, Google will take you to the "All" page that includes an AI Overview with a summary of the results you get, followed by blue links that lead to individual websites. You would have to tab over to AI Mode if you want to use it. But when the flag is enabled in Canary, you're taken straight to AI Mode, which looks and acts more like a chatbot conversation than your typical Google search results page.