Google Tests Moving Image Search's Save Button onto Hover Overlay
TLDR
Google is testing a Save button that appears when users hover over an image in Google Image Search, instead of only after an image preview opens.
What this means for your site
- Status
- Test
- Platform
- Google Search
- Affects
- Save button on Image Search hover overlay
- Who
- Google Image Search users
- Effective
- Not specified in the source
- Action needed
- Not specified in the source
Optimixed Overview
Optimixed's original report on this story.
Google is testing a new position for the Save button in Google Image Search, where hovering over an image makes a Save button appear directly on the thumbnail. Previously the button only showed after a user clicked an image and its preview window opened, as SERoundtable reports.
How we got here
- Sep 29Google is testing a two-row button layout for action buttons in mobile local search panels
Google is experimenting with a two-row button layout for local search panel actions on mobile devices.
- Sep 28Google Testing Loading Button Instead of Show More on AI Overviews
Google is testing a "Loading..." button to replace "Show More" under AI Overviews.
- Sep 18Google testing AI Mode button directly in search results page
Google is expanding where it displays its AI Mode button by adding it to the search bar on search results pages, not just the homepage.
- Sep 16Google Images Now Uses AI to Suggest Collections for Saved Photos
Google Images now uses AI to suggest new collections and folders for saving photos, marked with a Gemini icon.