Google tests 'Loading' label on AI Overviews' Show more button
Google is testing a “Loading…” label on the button beneath some AI Overviews that currently reads “Show more,” per Search Engine Roundtable. Sachin Patel and Khushal Bherwani spotted the test on X; Search Engine Roundtable’s Barry Schwartz could not reproduce it and Google has not confirmed the change. Earlier in 2026 Google tested an “Enter AI Mode” label on the same button, which did not stick.
Why it matters: A third label tried on the same button this year — after 'Enter AI Mode' didn't stick — shows Google still iterating on how the AI Overview-to-AI Mode handoff reads, not settled on forcing AI Mode outright.
The record: Google AI OverviewsGoogle AI ModeGoogle
Glossary: AI OverviewsAI Mode
Via Search Engine Roundtable ↗
Posted to the wire September 28, 2026. Edited by Joe Balewski.