# Google finds another way to push Search users to AI Mode

> Source: <https://www.androidauthority.com/google-search-ai-mode-expanded-3705116/>
> Published: 2026-08-31 19:00:33+00:00

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# Google finds another way to push Search users to AI Mode

Aug 31, 2026 — 3:00 PM ET

- Some Google Search queries are returning fully expanded AI Overview summaries.
- These expanded summaries include a text box labeled
*Ask anything*that links to AI Mode. - It seems this is only the case on desktop.

Google’s been working at making AI Mode a more prominent part of Search for some time. Now, it’s taken another step to that end: some AI Overview summaries are now showing up fully expanded, complete with a text box where you can type follow-up questions that’ll launch an AI Mode interaction. Previously, these text boxes only appeared when you clicked *Show more* at the bottom of an AI Overview.

This change hasn’t been officially announced, but was recently pointed by co-founder of SEO agency Nectiv [Chris Long](https://x.com/chris_nectiv/status/2092984357782794593) on X (via [ WinFuture](https://winfuture.de/news,160974.html)). Today, certain search terms return results that begin with an expanded AI Overview answer that takes up quite a bit of space, along with a box labeled

*Ask anything,*inviting users to stay inside Google’s ecosystem rather than scrolling down to the websites it’s pulling information from.

Holy moly SEOs: Google is now revealing the AI Mode prompt box BY DEFAULT for some queries.This is how Google continues to push AI Mode as the default search experience.[pic.twitter.com/Ero2pj3BZf]— Chris Long (@chris_nectiv)[August 27, 2026]

Long’s tweet shows the *Ask anything* box appearing automatically when he searches for “algorithmic,” and it looks like the same happens with any AI Overview that defines a term on desktop. In my testing, asking the desktop version of Search to define something — anything — returns one of these fully expanded Overviews. For many of them, the AI Overview takes up my entire browser window so I have to scroll to see linked search results.

I’m currently only seeing this behavior on desktop; the same set of search terms still returns truncated AI Overview summaries on mobile, with the *Ask anything* box that launches AI Mode only appearing after I tap the *See more* button.

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