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Google is giving the Search bar on your phone a much-needed facelift
Google wants to make sure you know that you can set a custom shortcut in your Search bar.
- The latest Google app update (version 16.17) introduces a new look to the Search bar widget.
- The redesigned Search bar puts more emphasis on the custom shortcut button.
- Users have a variety of available shortcut tools to choose from.
One of the most used widgets on your Android phone is likely to be the Google Search bar. After all, it’s there by default, and it’s the easiest way to initiate your search for anything. As Google continues to improve the looks for many of its tools, the Search bar just got a lot better.
We first spotted changes coming to the Search bar in an APK teardown, but it appears that some of these changes are now beginning to roll out to more users, according to 9to5Google. The focus of this redesigned Search bar is the custom shortcut.
