Search - Casting a wider net with wildcards and metaphone

Hmmm. AFAIK it is not a browser thing, but happens on the Google search home page.

At least for me, when I start typing the search phrase the input “auto suggests” and the page shows results based on what’s in the input at the time. Sometimes it simply stops when I’m done, other times I need to “enter to search”

Maybe it’s a “can I use” type of feature that depends on if it’s supported? IIRC it was rolled out in stages, so maybe there are some areas where it hasn’t been rolled out to?