Google wants you to use their mobile search engine. There are currently countless ways to do this directly or through the Assistant: from the browser, with the search bar widget, with gestures, from the power button … A new way is on the way: with a floating button always visible on one side of the screen.
Discovered by 9to5Google between the APK code of the latest beta version of the Google application and not yet active for users, this floating button provides quick access to two functions: text search and voice search.
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Google is preparing a novelty in its main application that can improve your productivity if you are going to do a lot of research using another application: with an optional floating button. In a way, it is reminiscent of Touch to translate, the floating button present in Google Translate for five years now.
Google’s floating button is something different, at least in the way it looks. Instead of being a circular bubble icon, attaches to one of the sides screen, taking up less space. There are two buttons on it: a magnifying glass icon and a microphone.
Tap the magnifying glass to open the Google app, ready to enter your search with the keyboard, while tapping the microphone opens voice search, not the assistant. You can move the icon from one side of the screen to the other or drag it to hide it temporarily or turn it off forever.
This a faster way to search on google Without having to deal with the assistant, it seems to be pretty much ready, although it’s impossible to predict when it will be activated for users. In any case, its current state suggests that it will be the user who will decide whether or not to use the bubble.
Via | 9to5Google
