Not sure if this has been spotted or mentioned before... Yesterday evening (Monday, Aug 15) was the first time it happened to myself.
When running a basic search query with a cityname (like cityname handyman reviews) in it, the mobile Google browser automatically switched to the "Places" tab, showing 100% places map listings, that were automatically adding 10 new results each time I neared the bottom of the result page.
In order to find actual web results, required a manual click on the "Web" tab. It was the first time I noticed it.
MH