Google is testing a new hover design for anchor text links in AI Mode, showing a different format than the website icon and title style spotted back in May 2026.
Google is now testing a new hover design for anchor text links within AI Mode. Previously, hovering over a link would show the website icon along with its title. Today, I spotted something different hovering over the anchor text now shows the anchor text title within a box, which is a new and different design from before.
Here how it looks today.
I first shared this older design back in May 2026 on X.
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