# Google AI Overviews test drops Show more button, defaults to AI Mode

Published: 2026-08-28T18:02:32.658Z · Source: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-push-ai-mode-responses-41974.html)
Source date: 2026-08-28
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Entities: ai-overviews, ai-mode, google

Google is testing an AI Overview that loads its full AI-generated answer by default, without a "Show more" click, and opens the follow-up "Ask anything" box automatically — pushing organic results further down the page. Chris Long first spotted the test on X on August 27; Search Engine Roundtable's Barry Schwartz said he could replicate it but that Google had not responded to a request for comment.

Why it matters: Removing the click that separates an AI Overview from AI Mode would make the fuller, more AI Mode-like answer the default experience rather than an opt-in one, pushing organic results further down the page for affected queries.

## What this answers

**Did Google remove the Show more button from AI Overviews?**

Google is testing it for some queries, loading the full AI Overview response by default instead of a truncated snippet, per Search Engine Roundtable. Google has not confirmed the change.

**Does the new AI Overview open AI Mode automatically?**

In the test, the full answer loads with the follow-up "Ask anything" box already open, functioning like AI Mode without an extra click.


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