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- Google recently added a new shortcut to the Pixel Launcher’s search widget, making it easy for users to launch Search’s AI Mode from the home screen.
- This new shortcut hasn’t gone down well with users, with many finding it intrusive.
- Google may soon give users an option to remove the AI Mode shortcut from the search widget.
Google recently rolled out an easier way to access Search’s AI Mode. The company added a new AI Mode shortcut to the Pixel Launcher’s search widget, allowing users to launch AI Mode right from the home screen. But this change hasn’t gone down well with all users. Many find the new shortcut intrusive and often tap it by mistake when trying to perform a regular search. Thankfully, Google appears to have a solution in the works.