The evidence of anomalous Josephson effect in superconducting-normal-superconducting (SNS) junctions requiring neither Zeeman splitting nor spin-orbit coupling is reported. We demonstrate that a spontaneous phase emerges by modifying the nonequilibrium conditions of the weak link resembling ${\phi }_0$-junctions. The voltage-controlled phase shift is detected from magnetoresistance measurements of the proximitized wire connected to the weak link forming a crosslike Andreev interferometer. The interplay of Aharanov-Bohm-like and conventional Josephson currents, in agreement with recent predictions, provides the ingredients for the anomalous current-phase relation. These results represent a breakthrough for engineering superconducting nanocircuits with voltage-tunable quantum properties.

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• Proximity effect
• Josephson junctions
• Low-temperature superconductors
• SQUID
• Thin films
• Interferometry