Bug? Google Knowledge Panel Images Opening Full Screen.

Dec 30, 2024 - 7:31 am 0 by
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Google often shows images in the knowledge panels within the Google Search results, but when you click on them, they often load smaller in an overlay window. It seems Google is testing (or it is a bug) showing the image full screen.

Khushal Bherwani first spotted this and posted on X saying, "Google with full image on desktop serp, when click on image, it opens in full screen." He posted a video, here is a snippet of that video:

Google Knowledge Panel Full Size Images

Here is the full video:

Here is one from Anuj:

I cannot replicate this and this does seem like a really bad user experience? And I've tried to replicate this for several months and did not have any success. So I figured I'd finally post this now, just so I can archive this experience.

Forum discussion at X.

 

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