Google Tests Gray Boxed Snippets In Search Mobile

Feb 6, 2023 - 7:21 am 0 by
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Google Box Style

Google is testing a new design for the mobile search result snippets. Google is boxing in the snippet, the description text, of a specific listing in a gray-shaded curved box.

This somewhat reminds me of the early featured snippet perspectives design but now this is for a normal search result snippet.

Saad AK spotted this and posted two screencasts of this in action, which I embedded below. Here is a screenshot from that screencast:

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What do you think of this design?

Forum discussion at Twitter.

Update: Dark view version:

 

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