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The Pixel Launcher could gain a handy upgrade to its search experience

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The Pixel Launcher could gain a handy upgrade to its search experience

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Jay Bonggolto

published 2 days ago

The team has been spotted working on new search shortcuts for Google Maps, Play Store, and YouTube.

Google Pixel 6 Pro app drawer

Google Pixel 6 Pro app drawer (Image credit: Chris Wedel/Android Central)

What you need to know

  • The Pixel Launcher could become more useful for searching within more apps other than the Google app.
  • Google has been spotted working on search shortcuts for Google Maps, Google Play, Settings, and YouTube.
  • If the launcher is unable to retrieve results from those apps, it will revert to Google Search.

The Pixel Launcher's search functionality already allows you to search for items directly within the Google app. Google may be working on expanding that level of integration to other apps.

According to a teardown by 9to5Google, the launcher may pick up search integration for Google Maps, YouTube, the Play Store, and Settings. This feature was discovered in a recent version of the Android System Intelligence app, which governs the launcher's integrations.

However, there is no word on when the new search experience will be available on Google's best Android phones, including the Pixel 6 series. There's even a chance it won't make it into a final release at all, as is sometimes the case with experimental features.

That said, when it is released to the public, the Pixel Launcher should include search shortcuts for the aforementioned apps. This means that if you type a text query into the search bar and then tap on an app shortcut of your choice, the launcher will most likely pass your exact query to the corresponding app.

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It should make the launcher's search functionality a lot more useful when paired with the Pixel Launcher's ability to bring up widgets, saved screenshots, and Google Search suggestions in the search bar.

It remains unclear when Google will formally announce the feature, if ever. It could make its debut at Google I/O 2022, which is just around the corner. The search giant may also release it in a future Feature Drop. It's anyone's guess at this point.

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Jay Bonggolto always keeps a nose for news. He is a tech journalist based in the Philippines who has been writing about consumer tech for the past six years and has been using various Android phones since falling in love with Jelly Bean. When he's not writing, he likes to spend time outside, stealing scenes with his phone camera.


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