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Not only do I have an Android phone, I have a Google Pixel phone and Google Fi is my provider. I don't see Google search integrated at all. Maybe it's there, bu
by caymanjim 3y ago
Not only do I have an Android phone, I have a Google Pixel phone and Google Fi is my provider. I don't see Google search integrated at all. Maybe it's there, but if it is, it's not obvious to me. I launch Chrome, which defaults to searching Google, and I use it a lot that way. Other than that, I don't know if it's present. I never search my actual phone via anything like MacOS's Spotlight. I don't even know if my phone has any search capability like that.
I launch apps and use them, that's about it.
- hoppyhoppy2 3y agoIs there not a Google search bar at the very bottom of your home screen? Maybe you use an alternative launcher?
- caymanjim 3y agoWow, there is, and I somehow had no memory of it. My first thought was "no, the bottom row is just my quick-launch apps, where I typically launch Chrome". But you're absolutely right. I don't think I've ever used it. I somehow tuned it out entirely.
- smallerfish 3y agoNot the OP, but I use an alt launcher, and I use Firefox (w/ Privacy Badger + Ublock) with Kagi set to the default search. I'm sure Google still see some metrics from me (maybe from Google Services Framework or Android System - two services that Glasswire reports sending small amounts of data periodically.)
- dotnet00 3y agoHow often do people even use that? I remember having it on all my phones, but I'm so used to searching via the browser (where I now have Kagi as default) that I never even think to use the search bar widget.