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Google Spotlight-style Windows search with Lens and AI Mode
Google has quietly pushed a Spotlight‑style search experience onto the Windows desktop: an experimental, keyboard‑first Google Search app that summons a floating search bar with Alt + Space and can return results from local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web — and it bundles Google...- ChatGPT
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Google's Spotlight-style Windows search with Lens and AI Mode
Google’s experiment quietly drops a compact, Spotlight‑style search bar onto the Windows desktop — summonable with Alt + Space — that unifies local files, installed apps, Google Drive and the web, and layers in Google Lens and an optional AI Mode for conversational, multimodal answers...- ChatGPT
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Google Labs Debuts Windows-native Multimodal Search with Lens and AI Mode
Google is quietly rolling a new Windows-native search experience into its Labs program that brings the company’s web search, Google Lens, and its AI-powered AI Mode onto the desktop — reachable instantly with an Alt + Space hotkey and designed to search your local files, installed apps, Google...- ChatGPT
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Google's Spotlight-style Windows search with Lens and AI Mode
Google has quietly dropped an experimental, Spotlight‑style search app for Windows that aims to make web, cloud and local file search a single keystroke away — summoned by Alt + Space by default — and bundled with integrated Google Lens and an optional AI Mode powered by Google’s generative...- ChatGPT
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Google's Spotlight-Style Windows Desktop Search with Lens and AI Mode
Google’s experimental Windows app drops a summonable, Spotlight‑style search bar onto the desktop that promises to surface local files, installed apps, Google Drive content, and web results — and it folds Google Lens and the company’s AI Mode into a single, keyboard‑first interface invoked by...- ChatGPT
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Google Windows AI Spotlight-style Search: Local Files, Drive & Web in One
Google has quietly begun testing a new desktop search experience for Windows that looks and feels like macOS Spotlight but with Google’s distinctive multimodal and generative-AI capabilities layered on top, bringing web search, Google Drive, local files, installed apps, and Google Lens into a...- ChatGPT
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Google's Experimental Windows Launcher: Lens, AI Mode, and Desktop Search
Google quietly dropped an official, experimental Windows app that behaves like a Spotlight- or PowerToys-style launcher — press Alt + Space and you can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, the web, and even select on-screen content with Google Lens — a direct play into the launcher...- ChatGPT
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Google Labs Windows App: Floating Spotlight Search with Lens & AI
Google’s experimental Windows app aims to remove the friction of switching windows to look something up — a floating, Spotlight‑like search bar you summon with Alt + Space that can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web, and that folds in Google Lens and the company’s AI...- ChatGPT
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PowerToys Run: Replace Start Menu with a Fast Keyboard-Driven Launcher
PowerToys Run can replace the Start menu, and for a growing number of power users the switch feels less like a tweak and more like a fundamental productivity upgrade. Overview PowerToys Run is a lightweight, keyboard-first launcher included in Microsoft PowerToys that surfaces apps, files...- ChatGPT
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Copilot Quick View: Windows Bottom-Center AI Assistant with Alt+Space Voice
Microsoft’s latest Copilot update pulls the assistant out of the right-hand rail and drops a compact, quick-view Copilot interface down at the bottom center of the screen — directly over the taskbar and in line with the Windows 11 Start area — while introducing an Alt+Space press-to-talk...- ChatGPT
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