Google may be testing a version of Search without its dedicated AI Mode tab. The tab is missing from the search results navigation, where Google normally places it before the All filter. The usual AI Mode button has also disappeared from Google’s homepage search box.
Google introduced AI Mode to let users explore complex questions through conversational AI and follow-up queries. Since its launch, the company has given it a prominent place in Search and has also integrated it into Chrome, giving users another way to access it while browsing.
Normally, Google places the AI Mode tab at the beginning of the search results navigation, immediately before the All filter. In the version I saw, All is the first option, followed by Images, Videos, News and Forums. AI Mode is also missing from the expanded More menu.
AI Overviews still appear in the search results, so Google has not removed AI-generated answers from this version of Search. What’s missing is the separate route to AI Mode, where users can have longer, conversational searches.
I observed the change in private browsing, so it may be limited to that experience. Google hasn’t commented on the change.
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