Google AI Mode Button Now On Home Page Search Box

After months of testing, it seems Google is rolling out a button for AI Mode directly in the search box on Google's home page - on Google.com. This seems like a big deal to me, and goes along with AI Mode being the first tab in the main search results.

I covered this on Friday at Search Engine Land after noticing it come up on both Chrome on Mac and PC both signed in and out; Safari and Microsoft Edge.

Here is what it looks like:

Here is a static image:

Here is what it looked like before:

Hat tip to @swetav07 for making me look again at this.

Forum discussion at X.

Update: Rajan Patel from Google confirmed this just rolled out:

Yup, just rolled it out on https://t.co/QKmrFf5mas. It's also rolling out in the new tab page in Chrome.

— Rajan Patel (@rajanpatel) July 22, 2025

Update 2 - July 24, 2025: It is now on the Chrome tab:

I now see the AI Mode button on the new Chrome tab page https://t.co/1IdlflyEQW pic.twitter.com/kd5S8pW045

— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) July 24, 2025