Google has planted its flag on Windows territory. The Google app for desktop is now globally available in English for Windows users, graduating from its experimental phase on Search Labs.
The browser tab we reflexively open to use Google every five minutes now has a faster, more efficient replacement sitting on the desktop.
GoogleWhat Does The App Actually Do?
The centerpiece, mind you, is a keyboard shortcut: Alt + Space. It summons a floating search bar over whatever is on the screen, similar to how Cmd + Space summons the Spotlight search on Macs.
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Once you summon the search bar, you can search across local computer files, installed apps, Google Drive documents, and the internet in general, all from one place.
If I were a Windows user (which I was until about three years ago), I would have
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