Widgets (genui, dil, map, nav_list) widget/genui

What it is

Widgets are building blocks in the answer that are not prose: a map with places (map_widget), an automation suggestion (suggest_automation), a request for the user's location (ask_user_location_v2), a news list (nav_list), a product carousel. Technically they appear as genui markers in the text and as content_references of type dil or map. Measured 22 Aug 2026: widgets in 6 of 33 runs, all on local, news and price questions.

External evidence

• Suganthan Mohanadasan, 21 Aug 2026: genui_run as a call type, widgets without citations.

For visibility

Mohanadasan puts it briefly: widgets produce zero citations. A map shows places, a news widget shows no sources, a product carousel shows merchant offers. For SEO the widget rate per topic is therefore the inverse of citation opportunity: the more widget, the less room for links. The widget-rate metric records this.

External sources

mohanadasan-2026-08-21

Change history

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Open

• ask_user_location_v2 appeared on 22 Aug for three local questions (previously map_widget). Asking for location instead of showing a map — one-off or regime change?
• The new SSE event types (Card, Row, Pressable …) occur on 22 Aug on exactly the same widget questions (K1-01, K1-02) — see [stream/card]; likely the building blocks of the widget in the stream. Plus the new endpoint widget_server_action on the same day.

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entity (entity markup) sources_footnote UI event types in the stream (Card, Row, Pressable …)