Google Tests Ask About Feature in AI Mode Citation Overlays

Mar 12, 2026 - 7:00 am 0 — by
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Google is testing its AI Mode feature “Ask about” within the citation boxes.

This was spotted by Sachin Patel over on X. Patel showed that when clicking on the citations within the output, the “Ask about” feature appeared at the top of the citation box overlay.

Clicking on “Ask about” here automatically pulled a new prompt into the search box.

Previously, Google began inserting the “Ask about” feature as an overlay when hovering over various elements within AI Mode outputs.

I was not able to replicate this myself. Here is what I see for a similar query:

Askabout

Forum discussion wherever people still talk to one another.

 

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