Here's what you can do with the Google app for Windows 10

Google app

We're Bing fans here, but Google is yet the most popular search engine. If you prefer to use Google, you can alter the default search engine in Microsoft Edge from Bing to Google. You can also use the Google app from the Windows Store, which was updated before last week for Windows 10. What exactly tin can y'all do with it? We'll prove y'all in our hands-on video.

When you open the Google app, the search form appears immediately front and centre. As you kickoff typing, the search box moves up, and Google tries to predict what yous are searching for. Hitting enter or tap ane of the predicted words to perform the search. If you lot've used google.com from your browser, this feels very familiar. If you similar, you can use the Google app as your browser. Any links you click on opens up inside the app. This action tin be changed in the settings to open in your default browser instead.

Google app Windows 10

The Google app for Windows also features vox search. Tap the microphone icon inside the search box and say what yous want to search. The results bear witness just as fast equally asking Cortana, but, of course, there's an extra step of having to open the Google app first. On the other paw, you tin can but tap Cortana's mic push in the Windows 10 taskbar or utilize the keyboard shortcut, Windows key + C.

There is a sign-in button on the summit right corner of the Google app. Signing into your account adds the option to enable Personalized search. This pick displays search results are not only based on the relevance of each web page to the search term but besides on which websites the you've visited through previous search results.

Signing into your Google business relationship too loads your personalized content when you open up the "applications" inside the Google app. Tap the dialer icon on the peak correct corner to open the Applications department. From hither, yous can open up other Google services like Gmail, Agenda, Drive, News, Photos, Youtube, Maps, and more than.

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If you e'er need to go back to the abode page, merely tap the down arrow from the meridian right corner and tap the domicile icon that appears at the bottom. Yous tin can likewise admission the settings from here. The settings panel lets y'all turn on/off opening all links in the default browser and turn on/off personalized search. Y'all can as well disable Voice search from here, only why would you?

Google app settings

The Google app is the but awarding from the company in the Windows Store so far. There's currently no defended apps for other services like Youtube, Gmail, Google+, and Google Maps. The Google app doesn't provide much more features than simply going to google.com on your browser, but if you like having all of Google'south services inside one app, then you'll probably want to pin this app to Get-go or even the taskbar. The voice search is also pretty fast.

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