Google tests removing other tabs from AI Mode header

Google AI Mode is testing a header that shows only the ‘All’ tab and removes the other tabs, going further than the recent dropdown test and suggesting Google wants users to stay in AI Mode.

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Google is testing a stripped-down header in AI Mode. We recently covered a test where AI Mode tucked the other tabs behind a dropdown under the “All” tab. Now Google appears to have gone a step further. The header shows only the “Ai mode” tab, and the other tabs have been removed from the line.

Here is a screenshot of how it looks.

Google tests removing other tabs from AI Mode header (2)

Google tests removing other tabs from AI Mode header

With fewer tabs in the menu, the message from Google seems clear to me: it doesn’t want users to switch away from AI Mode to other tabs. That is only my reading, and Google hasn’t said why it is testing this.

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