A flag hidden in Chrome Canary, the developers' version of Google's browser, suggested the company was considering sending all search queries directly to AI Mode by default. Windows Report first noticed the flag.
Windows Report says it tested and confirmed that when the flag was enabled it worked in Canary, bringing users to what appeared to be a chatbot-like response, rather than the standard Google Search results.
But while Google may be adding more AI to search and other products, Rajan Patel, Google vice president, engineering for search said last 5 June that the flag is "an error. We're not planning to make AI Mode the default for Chrome searches."
The traditional Google Search in Chrome now includes a summarized AI Overview at the top of the results page, above the list of links to different websites. To use AI Mode in Chrome, users have to first toggle it on.
Google announced a major overhaul of of its Search at its I/O 2026 conference in May, including a lot more AI features. The search box has been redesigned to be AI-powered, allowing for longer queries the company says go "beyond autocomplete" and its search now supports Gemini Flash 3.5 in AI Mode.
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