Google is testing a new way to show citation link cards within AI Overviews and AI Mode. In this test, if you click on a citation bubble, Google opens a carousel at the bottom of the screen that you can swipe left or right on to see the links to publisher sites.
This test was spotted by Gagan Ghotra who posted a video of this in action on X - he wrote, "AI Overviews/Mode (mobile) - Google is now testing showing citations as a slide sticky at the bottom of screen."
Here is part of his video, I am just showing the AI Mode part:
Here is the full video:
🆕 AI Overviews/Mode (mobile) - Google is now testing showing citations as a slide sticky at the bottom of screen 👀 nowadays it's like when an in-line citation is clicked it brings up a vertical list but now seems like Google want it to be a sticky slider at bottom of screen. pic.twitter.com/ejP0lpVjam
— Gagan Ghotra (@gaganghotra_) May 28, 2026
What do you think of this approach?
Forum discussion at X.
