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Back to the news: When you set up your Android phone, Google Chrome will ask you which search engine should be defined as the default. Now this preselection will probably soon be offered on the desktop PC.
The innovation should apply to both Mac and Windows computers. There is no exact release date yet, but the new function probably won’t take too long to arrive.
What do we know about the new search engine preselection in Google Chrome?
How Computer image If you write, you will already see the new function in the preview version of the Canary channel. Canary is an experimental pre-release version of the browser. This is regularly updated with innovations.
A notice: Preselection was not yet offered in the version of Chrome Canary that our editor tried. Winfuture, Caschys Blog and others, however, report this.
How does the preselection work? As part of the preselection, Google should offer you a dozen search engines as soon as you start Chrome for the first time. The order of the search engines displayed should be random.
The search engines offered according to Computerbild are the following:
- Yandex
- Yahoo Europey
- DuckDuckGo
- Bing
- Karma Search
- Mojeek
- Yep
- Brave Search
- Ecosia
- Quendu.com
- PrivacyWall
- Panda Search
- MetaGer
- Info.com
- Qwant
- OceanHero
How do you set up a different default search engine in Google Chrome?
How you can set the default search engine in Google Chrome yourself: If you want to forego Google as the default search engine in Google Chrome, you can easily select a different one.
You can set up another search engine on your Windows PC in just a few steps:
➡️Step 1: Click on the three-dot icon at the top right.
➡️Step 2: Now select “Settings” in the drop-down menu that opens. This is usually in the third position from the bottom.
➡️Step 3: You are now in the settings. Click here in the left-aligned menu line on the “Search engine” item with a magnifying glass icon.
➡️Step 4:
Complete!
❗Additional information: Do you want to choose another search engine that is not suggested to you in the menu? To do this, click on the “Manage search engines and website search” option. In the menu that now opens, click on the “Add” button under the “Website search” sub-item. A new window will then open in which you can “Add a search engine”.
Why does Google Chrome now offer this feature as the default search engine?
Google writes about why you are given the choice of your preferred search engine:
According to a law in your region, Chrome asks you to set your default search engine. These search engines are popular in your area and appear in a random order.
Behind this is a new regulation in the law digital services (Digital Services Act) and the Digital Markets Act. In technical jargon it is said that they want “uniform horizontal rules on due diligence and liability exclusions for intermediary services (such as online platforms).[sehen] …«.
How Cachys Blog emphasizes, the law “requires that users not be directed to the products and services of gatekeeper companies and that selection screens for important services be provided.”
The aim of the regulation should be fairer competition and greater freedom of choice.
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What do you think of the new convenience feature for Google Chrome, which should soon make it even easier for you to set up your preferred search engine? Do you welcome this small step towards visibility and freedom of choice, or do you swear by Google as a search engine and can’t imagine an alternative? Feel free to write us your opinion on this in the comments.