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There's an unshipped Search option in Gemini's tools menu

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Google appears to be building a user-facing way to force Gemini to search. It's already in the client you're running, switched off. A switch in the tools menu you'd flip per question, the same idea as the grounding toggle AI Studio has had for ages. Google's G logo on it, description reads "Get web…

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  1. 2026-08-23 22:08 · r/GeminiAI
    There's an unshipped Search option in Gemini's tools menu

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