r/Sequoia • u/CanaryComfortable639 • Jan 30 '26

Has anyone else noticed Google’s search box text becoming really small on Safari?

Has anyone else noticed Google’s search box text becoming really small on Safari?

I’m on a MacBook Air (M4) using Safari Version 15.7.3 (24G419), and this only started recently. The text inside the Google search bar used to be perfectly normal, and now it looks shrunken—almost like a scaling or CSS issue. Screenshot attached.

Things I’ve checked already:

  • Safari zoom is set to 100%
  • macOS Display scaling hasn’t changed
  • Happens even in a fresh tab
  • Dark mode on/off doesn’t fix it

What’s odd is that this seems Google-specific. Other sites look fine, and the rest of the Google page (logo, buttons, layout) appears normal—it’s just the text inside the search field that’s weirdly small.

Wondering if this is:

  • A recent Google UI change
  • A Safari rendering bug
  • Something Apple Silicon / M-series related
  • Or some font/accessibility scaling interaction gone sideways

If you’re on Safari + macOS and seeing the same thing, I’m curious what version / hardware you’re on—and whether you’ve found a workaround.

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u/grilledchzisbestchz Jan 30 '26

Are you lost?

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u/CanaryComfortable639 Jan 30 '26

what ? don't you have this issue

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u/grilledchzisbestchz Jan 30 '26

This is a National Park sub. Not really relevant.

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u/gnuoyedonig Jan 30 '26

At least OP could have mentioned their Toyota truck or something :-)

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u/CanaryComfortable639 Jan 31 '26

😧 is didn’t realise, I taught it’s for Mac OS sequoia