Valentin Pletzer shared a screen shot with me on Twitter of Google testing showing image icons in the related searches box. When they are expanded, they load what looks like a featured snippet. I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature, to be honest.
Here is a screen shot from Valentin of it in action:
Here are some more examples of this in action:
Ever seen a Featured snippet in "related searches"? @rustybrick pic.twitter.com/QphCnOhB91
— Valentin Pletzer (@VorticonCmdr) July 31, 2018
If it is, it's a very persistent one pic.twitter.com/mJRCWcn3H6
— Valentin Pletzer (@VorticonCmdr) July 31, 2018
It is like Google is combining features snippets with related searches. They also look like the expandable featured snippets but again, this is in the related searches box.
Have you seen this?
Forum discussion at Twitter.