08:25 UTC — Confirmed by two teams checking both viewports: featured snippets are diverging between desktop and mobile on the same query, same time. One holds the box on desktop, a competitor with faster mobile rendering and a tighter answer holds it on mobile.
Why it matters: most rank trackers default to one device. You can be celebrating a snippet that 80% of mobile-majority traffic never sees. Pull a manual mobile check on your top snippet queries — and watch Core Web Vitals, since the mobile box reportedly skews toward faster-loading sources.
Reportedly widening on YMYL-adjacent terms. Check both screens. Watching this.
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