"Google is working on fixing an issue where some searchers are seeing squished images within the Google Search knowledge panels. I personally cannot replicate this but it seems to be happening for a number of searchers. Google confirmed a fix for this should be rolling out sometime tonight. Alex Greenland first notified me of this issue on Friday, he wrote on X, "Google Search has had a problem with the aspect ratio of knowledge graph images for the past week, squashing many celebrities' faces.""
"Definitely seems like an issue, will forward to the team.- Rajan Patel (@rajanpatel) January 2, 2026 Like I said, I am not experiencing the issue myself but some are: still bad for me, probably a/b testing. can you scroll right for the other kg images and screenshot? (want to see if you've got this crop experiment) pic.twitter.com/Zw4aePajxh- Alex Greenland (@ajrgd) January 2, 2026"
Some Google Search knowledge panel images have been appearing squashed, affecting the aspect ratio of celebrity photos for multiple searchers. One reporter could not reproduce the problem personally but confirmed multiple users were seeing distorted images and shared example screenshots and X posts. A Google engineering lead initially acknowledged the issue and said he would forward it to the team. The engineering lead later reported that the team found the issue and planned to ship a fix tonight, with the fix expected to be live by the following evening. Forum discussion occurred on X.
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