Google seems to be removing the AI Overviews tag from several of the hunt results that are AI Overviews. The desktop type is missing the AI Overview label, during the mobile type has the AI Overview label.
Again, this is for several AI Overviews that display up at the top of the hunt results page. These are akin for cognition panels akin AI Overviews.
This was spotted by Glenn Gabe who posted concerning this on X, he said:
No AIO label? -> Very engaging to see AIOs for shows or movies and Google not provision the AIO label. Noticed that this morning. I amazement if we volition see additional AIOs without labeling. Stay tuned.
Here is what it looks akin on desktop:
But on mobile for the identical exact feature, the AI Overview tag is there at the top:
Don't get me wrong, there are plentifulness of AI Overviews being tagged as such:
I doubtful this is a bug but I can be incorrect - I reached out to Google.
No AIO label? -> Very engaging to see AIOs for shows or movies and Google not provision the AIO label. Noticed that this morning. I amazement if we volition see additional AIOs without labeling. Stay tuned. https://t.co/Xx7r99q5e8
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) October 20, 2026
This may be why Semrush is showing a autumn in AI Overviews showing in Google Search, by the way:
@semrush reporting a autumn in how frequently AI Overviews display up, this have to be a bug in Semrush tracking - I see AIOs everyplace https://t.co/KdmFPHbpqs
— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) October 20, 2026
I should note, Google had missing AI labels before and it was a bug.
Forum conversation at X.
