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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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