Google is integrating a new AI Mode shortcut directly into the Pixel Launcher's prominent home screen search bar, making it a permanent fixture for many users. AI Mode, powered by a specialized Gemini ...

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 ...

One of my favorite things about Google’s Pixel phones is the persistent Google Search bar at the bottom of the home screen. It’s such a simple feature, but having that constant access to Google, and ...

In the past few days, tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens a different screen powered by the Google app. This is not a ...

More convincingly, the change appears to be a stopgap measure to address a recent bug on Pixel devices. While the Google search bar lets you customize buttons, a few Pixel users recently reported that ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...