Google is replacing the Pixel Launcher's native search with a full-screen Google Search interface powered by the Google app. The new search UI removes quick access to contacts and device settings, ...

The Google search bar does the basics, Finder does everything else.

A recent Pixel update changed the home screen search bar behavior, but you can revert it with a workaround. The change forces the search bar to open the standard Google Search UI rather than the Pixel ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel Launcher home screen worked. Because this change was not an improvement in ...

Up is down and down is up in Android 17 Beta 1. The first iteration of Google’s Android 17 update brings back a familiar design in place of the Pixel Launcher’s immovable search bar. Just two days ...