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TL;DR
- Circle to Search’s text search feature now defaults to Google’s AI Mode.
- Previously, any additional text queries in Circle to Search would default to the standard image search.
- The feature was teased in July and is now starting to roll out.
Google’s AI Mode originated as a smarter and resourceful alternative to Search, but has since proliferated to other spots on your phone. A few months ago, Google added a direct AI Mode shortcut under the search bar in the Google app on Android, soon followed by AI Mode being added to Circle to Search for Samsung’s recently launched foldables — which was rolled out to other Android devices shortly after.
Despite this addition, Circle to Search defaulted to regular image search when asked any add-on questions. But this appears to be changing now, with additional queries along with images going to AI Mode, starting the Google app’s version 16.47.49.