Every feature addition that Google makes to Android and its other products always seems to funnel me back to the company’s original purpose: search. As its name suggests, Circle to Search is one very ...

Commentary: While a lot of mobile AI tools feel frivolous, this Google Search capability is intuitive. I just wish it weren't restricted to Android phones. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, ...

Social media posts on the topic often included screenshots from Google Trends, a tool that analyzes the relative popularity of search terms over a specified period. It assigns a value from 0 to 100 to ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

A start-up called Perplexity shows what’s possible for a search engine built from scratch with artificial intelligence. By Kevin Roose Kevin Roose used the Perplexity search engine for several weeks ...

Earlier this year, Arc Search became one of my favorite iPhone apps in recent memory. It’s a browser app that’s wicked fast, has a very clean interface, and has an unbelievably good AI feature. Today, ...

Every once in a while, I come across a new app whose design, feature set, or combination of the two redefines my expectations for a particular category of software. The new Arc Search app for iPhone, ...

Last week, an AI Overview search result from Google used one of my WIRED articles in an unexpected way that makes me fearful for the future of journalism. I was experimenting with AI Overviews, the ...

For years, Nova Launcher was my preferred Android launcher. Initially, its lengthy list of customization options attracted me, but its powerful search capabilities truly won me over. I could easily ...

I search for things all the time. And, yes, that search also includes my computer's file system. I also search YouTube, the web, and even AI services. It's inevitable ...