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Google is testing a floating desktop AI Search bar.

I wasn’t able to enable it in Google’s Chrome Canary developer sandbox, but Windows Report got it working using a Ctrl+Shift+Space keyboard shortcut on Windows. It opens as a standalone window centered on the screen, with AI Mode at the heart of the experience.

A screenshot of Google’s floating Search bar experiment in Chrome Canary.
The interface supports traditional search and AI Mode tasks from a single window, with a “plus” icon for uploading images and files.
Image: Windows Report
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