---
title: "Google™ AI Mode Search – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "2,000 users, rated 5.00 by 3 people. Version 1.1, updated 2025-12-02. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd"
---

# Google™ AI Mode Search

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 2,000
- Rating: 5.00 from 3 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 02:04 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #14,552 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #3,631 of 115,641

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Use Google's AI Mode Search using the context menu, or type '@gai' in the address bar followed by your query.

- Extension ID: `hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd`
- Developer: [BrowserNative](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u07d431803cb3f56e5575f752563f3004)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2025-06-26
- Last updated: 2025-12-02
- Version: `1.1`
- Size: 10.13 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `browsernative.com`
- Support page: `https://browsernative.com/google-ai-mode-search-chrome-extension/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-ai-mode-search/hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-12 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-11-05 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-10-23 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-10-15 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-10-08 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 2026-10-01 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 2026-09-27 | 2,000 | 5.00 | 2 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Image Downloader](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khnadcdfjbjgojiilfdebbpiepokangj) | 20,000 | 3.36 | 318 | Social Networking |
| [Startup Sound for Chromebook™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fdbccimagkgnaafahaaeknnkindiiopl) | 2,000 | 4.72 | 127 | Just for Fun |
| [Set Image As Chrome OS Wallpaper](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jmkicickdhekkjlghmckdldknhghgbcm) | 960 | 3.00 | 14 | Art & Design |
| [Multi Context Menu Search](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gakhjffffkaicfokpmgdgnefbkkpbbhb) | 709 | 5.00 | 4 | Tools |
| [Ask Grok](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fdphpbffednfcalblpedipcnhnoghhmk) | 295 | 4.80 | 5 | Tools |
| [ChatGPT Context Menu](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/padeccojonnmgcnijdepmijgjilcgmch) | 71 | 5.00 | 1 | Tools |
| [Open in Kaggle Notebooks](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/naamnmknpfamhmnlhgehdnaojnnifpcp) | 60 | – | – | Developer Tools |
| [Social Share](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkfngdagogfjemphppoppmbapbegjpfc) | 44 | – | – | Social Networking |
| [Search This Site](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gephfcefkcogmldkhfkdpolkgokdbmga) | 40 | – | – | Tools |
| [Snippets Manager](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpjlcicgndbjmbnajmldlncnlokcnddj) | 38 | 5.00 | 2 | Tools |

All 16 extensions by [BrowserNative](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u07d431803cb3f56e5575f752563f3004).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-12 02:04 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Google™ AI Mode Search” (hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd,
  title   = {Google™ AI Mode Search (hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbfdbfnnfmnbhjifnlnpgboelndjgbcd},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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