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    Google App for Windows Spotlight Search Unifies Local Drive and Web Results

    Google quietly shipped a small Windows app that, in one practical move, exposes how rough Microsoft’s built‑in search and launcher experience still is — and why third‑party solutions continue to outshine first‑party features on modern Windows desktops. Background / Overview In mid‑September...
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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...
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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...
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    Google App for Windows: Spotlight-style Desktop Search with Lens and AI

    Google’s experiment brings its search engine and visual AI directly to the Windows desktop with a compact, Spotlight‑style overlay that promises to search your PC, Google Drive, installed applications and the web from a single keystroke. Background / Overview Google has quietly expanded the...
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    Google's Spotlight-like Windows launcher with AI, Lens, and unified search

    Google has quietly dropped an experimental desktop app for Windows that behaves like a modern, Spotlight‑style launcher — summonable with Alt + Space — and bundles unified local + cloud + web search with Google Lens and the company’s AI Mode, promising to fix many of the long-standing pain...
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    Google brings Spotlight-style AI search to Windows desktop (Alt+Space)

    Google has quietly brought a native, Spotlight-like search experience to Windows with a new experimental desktop app that places a floating, AI-capable search bar on your PC and lets you summon it instantly with Alt + Space. Background Google’s experimental Windows app is being distributed...
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    Google App for Windows: Spotlight-style Search with Lens and AI Mode

    Google has quietly shipped an experimental Windows desktop application that puts Google Search, Google Lens and its conversational AI Mode a single keystroke away — a Spotlight‑style overlay that searches your PC, installed apps, Google Drive and the web without switching windows. Background /...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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