Google Search With Broaden Video Overlay Function

Google Search, for some videos, allows you to click an expand icon on some videos it shows you in the search results. That expand button will then overlay a larger playable video with more details.

I think this is new, Punit said it is a test, but it seems to be fully live for me, he shared some examples on Twitterwhich I will embed below.

Here is what the expand icon looks like:

When you click on it, it overlays this on top of the search results:

Here are the videocasts from Punit:

#NewTest
Google testing new video browser to watch video. pic.twitter.com/Hxenbaoy2f

— Punit (@Punit6008) November 2, 2022

Google has done video overlay in search before, many other many times.

Forum discussion at Twitter.