Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Google is working on a new floating search bar for the Pixel Launcher. The Pixel Launcher added a universal search bar in Android 12 that can search through your apps, contacts, and more. This new ...

Julie is a journalist and a seasoned tech writer who’s worked with tech giants before joining Android Police. She has the inside scoop on the newest innovations in tech devices and can tell you what’s ...

With all users stateside able to test, the shortcut for launching AI Mode is now in the Google app’s Search bar on Android and iOS. Instead of the voice input microphone and Lens shortcuts, the Google ...

A student and researcher who leaks hidden Android features discovered a setting deep within the Android root files that enables Google Gemini directly from Google search in a way that resembles Apple ...

With Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2, the Pixel Launcher search bar is getting a redesign to match the Google app’s updated homescreen widget. This redesign basically shrinks the old search bar (with the ‘G’ ...

Google is quietly overhauling the Pixel Launcher’s iconic search bar in Android 16’s latest beta, and it’s all about spotlighting AI Mode. With the release of Android 16 this week, Google added an AI ...

The change is being tested in version 14.48.26.29.arm64 of the Google app so it’s not widely available yet. The bar remains at the bottom when displaying search results, meaning users with larger ...

Android’s native Photo Picker will soon let you search through your Google Photos library. Although announced last year for a 2024 release, the search feature is finally being tested, hinting at an ...

Google's updated Android Photo Picker first rolled out with Android 13 in 2022, which the company soon after backported to older Android versions, going up to KitKat. While the revamped photo picker ...