Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be prepended with a mysterious "search.app" domain.

What it looks like. Here is a video of it in action: How it works. First, you need to opt-in to the AI Mode experiment in Labs to try Search Live in the Google app on Android and iOS.

In an updated support page, Google says the Pixel Buds companion app for the web is now available on macOS (Sonoma or newer) and machines running Windows 11 (via 9to5Google).