Google added some Siri Shortcuts for its search, Gmail, Drive and YouTube apps on iOS, the company announced on February 6. Siri uses can take actions within the corresponding Google app through the assistant by saying trigger phrases, such as “search with Google.” Users can say “search in Drive” to access their Google Drive files, “search YouTube” …
Google has chosen to drop the tappable shortcuts feature the search engine had released about a year ago in the Google search app. That feature was aimed at giving users a quick and easy way to access Google features without having to search for them. Andy B. from the Google Search & Assistant team wrote in a Google …
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We all have our questions about the celebrities we love. Does Will Ferrell actually play the drums? Does Tracee Ellis Ross actually sing? It’s possible to find out, as you can ask Google a question about a specific celebrity, you could lucky enough to get a self-recorded video from them answering your question. “When you …
As of August 16, Google will return “at-a-glance” local pollen levels for pollen and allergy-related searches on mobile. Google has worked with The Weather Channel to utilize both the pollen index and forecast data. If you click on the “More about seasonal allergies” link, you will be given more detailed information on pollen counts. Not only is …
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In order to give users more information during times of crisis, Google’s new SOS Alerts are the latest addition to the Google family of crisis response search features. The SOS Alerts will appear at the top of search results relate to any incident or search for the location where the crisis has occurred. Google has said that …
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There is a brand new update for art-related searches that began rolling out on May 31 by Google. In the announcement, The Google Search team has joined the Google’s Arts and Culture team in order to improve how their systems “understand and recognize” artwork, which in turn will offer more relevant results. “When you search an artist …
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On May 10, Google announced a new search feature that will make it easier to find events. When doing search through either the Google app or mobile web for events, users will now get a listing of activities pulled from Eventbrite Meetup and other sites across the web. Google product manager Nishant Ranka writes: To try it, …
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Google is rolling out “tappable shortcuts” in the US, which began on March 21, and it is now possible to find information on the weather, sports, entertainment and food via a quick tap on the home screen of its search app or mobile site. With these shortcuts, the need to search will be eliminated, and will …
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Google Assistant is now available to Android phones, and not just on Google’s own Pixel device. This is quite a change when compared to how Google usually offers search on mobile devices. This is also the newest in a wide variety of different ways people are able to search with Google on any Android device. But …
Since Google added new filters to its Google Flights site, the company had announced a brand new travel planning experience for mobile users. With Destinations on Google, users can use the easy and intuitive designed travel-related mobile search process to check out the best travel dates, locations, prices and more without navigating through multiple websites. To check this …
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