Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. November 19, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Back in the Windows XP days, when the only search functionality was a cartoon dog in ...

For years, Windows users have relied on a mix of search tools – File Explorer for documents, Google Drive for cloud storage, and of course the browser for web queries. Now, Google is trying to simplify that fragmented experience with a new experimental ...

Google today said that it's adding a new "Simplify" feature to the Google app for iOS, with the addition aimed at making search results easier to understand. Google says that Simplify is meant to help users understand "jargon" or unfamiliar technical ...

The Google app is not the company’s nicest looking application, but a small carousel redesign on Android makes it a tiny bit more cohesive. Update 10/18: As of this week, the Google app’s new colorful Search shortcuts are widely appearing in the stable ...

The Google Search app could get a handy “Search Recall” feature. As the name implies, this feature allows recalling the last search and repeating the query. How does the Search Recall feature in Google app work? Google has been quite busy launching the ...

Google has announced its integrating Google Play with the Gemini app, enabling app and conten discovery. The company has also revealed Play Shorts, a short-form video feed for browsing apps, and Ask Play,

Google says its new AI-powered experience will help people search more. But will it surface information that’s reliably true?