Re: Sudden screen re-arrangement

Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:

My android phone has suddenly rearranged all the icons through all the
screens.
A new little white circle with 9 little dots has appeared on the home
screen, and when you tap it, it goes to a page with "Search for apps" at
the top, Suggestions underneath (4 icons), then All. Down the right side
edge there's the alphabet, A to Z.
 
I've been seeing "A1 Search" a lot recently. Could this be something to
do with that?
My best guess is that I've somehow got stuck with A1 Search, and I can't
get out.
 
Phone works ok, apps work ok.

What Android version are you now at?  Sounds like you got an update.
Remember what OS version you had before?

David doesn't think an OS update will make a difference, but we don't
how far in versions you might've just jumped.  The dotted icon you
mention sounds like the App Drawer icon to show all your apps instead of
just those on your screens.

You sure "A1 Search" isn't "AI Search"?  You don't say when you see it.
Do you use the Android Chrome web browser, and that's where you see it?
Hard to pin point just what this is by your faint description.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91011561/google-has-some-new-ai-search-tricks
https://medium.com/@BiglySales/how-to-turn-on-google-ai-search-5f1658041467