Google Enhances Link Visibility in AI Search Features with Pop-up Displays
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Summary
Google is updating its AI-powered search features to make links more prominent and accessible. The company will display links inside pop-ups when users hover over cited sources in AI Overviews and AI Mode on desktop, showing article descriptions and images. These more descriptive link icons will also appear in AI responses on both desktop and mobile platforms, with Google stating that testing shows the new interface is more engaging and makes it easier for users to access source material.
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Robby Stein, the vice president of Google Search, announced on Tuesday that a list of links will now appear inside a pop-up when you hover over the sources in AI Overviews and AI Mode on desktop, alongside a description of each linked article and accompanying images.
Stein adds that Google will also show these 'more descriptive and prominent link icons' in its AI responses on desktop and mobile.
'Our testing shows this new UI is more engaging, making it easier to...'
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