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Unified search was removed from Android because Apple has a patent on it and successfully sued.

w1ntermute 14y ago
This is a common misconception. Google removed it for about a week, until they found and implemented a workaround. For all practical purposes, the universal search works exactly the same. I just tried it out on my Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.2.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  It's part of Google Now and I don't think it's bad at all. You just do the search, and then at the bottom of the screen you change from "Web" to "Tablet" and voila, results from tablet. What is bad is the fact that Gmail doesn't support it. But it pulls up tweets, apps, chrome history, music, etc. Rather neat, in my opinion.
  - tehayj 14y ago
    It works great with Google Now. I use it often like a launcher and just type a few letters and then click on the app I want to run.
- vibrunazo 14y ago
  Posting this from my Android tablet, it has no unified search for many months since it was updated after the lawsuit. Original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 running the latest official Samsung 4.0 update. So no, not a misconception. Many Android devices don't have it because of apple.
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    No, still a misconception. You're not running Android, you're running a version of Android adulterated by Samsung. The latest release of stock Android has unified search built in.
    - omni 14y ago
      Good luck explaining this to the (vast majority) of Android users that have an "adulterated" version.
      - moheeb 14y ago
        I think he intended to explain it to the parent poster, not to everyone in the world that uses Android.
      - chris_wot 14y ago
        For those who care, and that's most power users, they'll replace the brain dead Samsung version with their own customised versions of Android.
- vibrunazo 14y ago
  Posting this from my Android tablet, it has no unified search for many months since it was toasted after the lawsuit. Original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 running the official Samsung 4.0 update. So no, not a misconception. Many Android devices don't have it because of apple.
- vibrunazo 14y ago
  Posting this from my Android tablet, it has no unified search for many months since it was toasted after the lawsuit. Original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 running the official Samsung 4.0 update. So no, not a misconception. Many Android devices don't have it because of apple.

This is a common misconception. Google removed it for about a week, until they found and implemented a workaround. For all practical purposes, the universal search works exactly the same. I just tried it out on my Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.2.

drivebyacct2 14y ago
It's part of Google Now and I don't think it's bad at all. You just do the search, and then at the bottom of the screen you change from "Web" to "Tablet" and voila, results from tablet. What is bad is the fact that Gmail doesn't support it. But it pulls up tweets, apps, chrome history, music, etc. Rather neat, in my opinion.
- tehayj 14y ago
  It works great with Google Now. I use it often like a launcher and just type a few letters and then click on the app I want to run.
vibrunazo 14y ago
Posting this from my Android tablet, it has no unified search for many months since it was updated after the lawsuit. Original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 running the latest official Samsung 4.0 update. So no, not a misconception. Many Android devices don't have it because of apple.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  No, still a misconception. You're not running Android, you're running a version of Android adulterated by Samsung. The latest release of stock Android has unified search built in.
  - omni 14y ago
    Good luck explaining this to the (vast majority) of Android users that have an "adulterated" version.
    - moheeb 14y ago
      I think he intended to explain it to the parent poster, not to everyone in the world that uses Android.
    - chris_wot 14y ago
      For those who care, and that's most power users, they'll replace the brain dead Samsung version with their own customised versions of Android.
vibrunazo 14y ago
Posting this from my Android tablet, it has no unified search for many months since it was toasted after the lawsuit. Original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 running the official Samsung 4.0 update. So no, not a misconception. Many Android devices don't have it because of apple.
vibrunazo 14y ago
Posting this from my Android tablet, it has no unified search for many months since it was toasted after the lawsuit. Original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 running the official Samsung 4.0 update. So no, not a misconception. Many Android devices don't have it because of apple.