And no, it’s not trying to shame you every time you use it.

However, it may all be a part of Google’s bigger AI strategy.

“[People] often turn to Google first when they have a question or need information.

Someone taking notes and looking at a laptop.

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Google wants to capitalize on this behavior by keeping people within its ecosystem of products for longer.

Google Grammar

The grammar search is simple.

If you’re writing long-form text, your text editor or word processor almost certainly checks grammar for you.

But if you just want to check a snippet, what do you do?

You do what everyone does when they start anythingtype it into Google.

It’s a habit we all have to varying extents.

We might key in questions, or even entire addresses for other websites, into Google.

And Google knows it.

The grammar checker, then, is part of a trend at Google.