# Google tests query refinement bubbles in AI Overviews that open AI Mode

Published: 2026-10-29T12:32:36.995Z · Source: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-query-refinement-bubbles-42406.html)
Source date: 2026-10-29
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Entities: google, ai-overviews, ai-mode

Google is testing query refinement bubbles at the top of AI Overviews in Google Search, per Search Engine Roundtable. Gagan Ghotra spotted them on X and said they appear "for some languages"; clicking a bubble does not change the search results but opens AI Mode with the bubble's text as the prompt. The report cites no Google statement and does not say how widely the test runs.

Why it matters: Google is testing a path that turns an AI Overview into an entry point for AI Mode with a prefilled prompt, another way the classic results page hands searchers to a conversational answer.

## What this answers

**What are the query bubbles at the top of Google AI Overviews?**

Google is testing clickable query bubbles at the top of an AI Overview in some languages. Clicking one does not refine the search results; it opens AI Mode with the bubble's text as the prompt, per Search Engine Roundtable.


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