Google allows searches made directly from Chrome’s address bar AI Mode He responded to the claim that he would bring it to his screen the same day. Rajan Patel, the company’s vice president of Search engineering, said on Friday that there are no plans to make AI Mode the default in Chrome searches. The new flag that appeared in Chrome Canary, however, showed that Google was testing the artificial intelligence experience with the search box more closely.
The experimental flag in question Fulfill Searchbox Queries in AI Mode bears its name. Windows Report was among the first sources to notice this flag and reported the change in Chrome Canary. When you enable the flag, queries typed into the address bar do not go to the regular Google results page. Instead, Chrome handles the search directly. Google AI Mode opens on the screen.
Android Authority also tested the same flag in Chrome Canary and wrote that searching for “Android Authority” goes directly to the AI Mode result. However, in the address bar AI Mode The button remained on the screen. This detail revealed that the testing did more than just adding a visible button. On the other hand, the user does not see a change in Chrome’s standard search behavior without manually enabling the flag.
Google limited AI Mode testing in Chrome search bar
The Commit description shows that this experiment doesn’t just work with basic routing logic. According to the description, the feature also takes into account the desire to open a search in a new tab with modifier keys such as Ctrl and Command. Thus, Chrome tries to preserve existing usage habits in the search bar within the AI Mode orientation. However, the same statement states that the feature is prepared for exploratory purposes and has no plans to go live.
The Google side also maintained the same line at this point. According to 9to5Google, Rajan Patel said that there are no plans to make AI Mode the default in Chrome searches. Patel also stated that this test was a mistake. This clarification limited the default search change interpretation from users who saw the flag in Chrome Canary.
In fact, the point that escalates the debate is that Google has recently launched its Search product. artificial intelligence It has combined more features. At I/O 2026, Google explained one of the biggest innovations of recent years for Search and introduced its new artificial intelligence-supported search box. With this box, the company aims to process more complex queries through text, images, files, videos and Chrome tabs. In addition, Google first conducted limited trials in Artificial Intelligence Summary and AI Mode tests, and then opened these features to a wider user base.
The flag in Chrome Canary is not a setting that reaches the general user today. In the stable version of Chrome, queries typed into the address bar continue to go to classic Google Search results. In addition, it was previously reported that Google was trying out a floating AI Mode search bar on Windows. Chrome address bar, Google Search and AI Mode The relationship between will therefore be closely monitored in upcoming releases.