Google’s experiment to bring Search out of the browser and onto the Windows desktop is more than a convenience tweak — it’s a calculated bid to reinsert Google Search directly into users’ workflows and to blunt Microsoft’s momentum with Copilot-style system-wide search. The company’s new “Google...
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.
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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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