How come apple is so much better than Google in search?

Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search? by dragonwriter on Friday July 03, 2015 @06:32PM (#9828285)

> On Android all I have is the Google search bar which searches--guess what? Google. If I type my girlfriend's name I'll get a wikipedia result instead of her contact info even though I contact her 10 times a day.

The Google search bar does instant search on-device (including contacts, apps, web history, etc.) from the search box before you hit the search button (including contacts, as I just tested on my phone), and searches Google iff you hit the action button (the search icon that replaces "enter" on the keyboard when typing in the search box.) So I don't see the problem you are reporting of having to take extra-steps to find the on-device results; instead, it takes fewer.

This is a Galaxy Note 3 with Lollipop and the Google Now launcher; its possible that different device/OS version/launcher may provide a different UX here.

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Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search? by breiner on Friday July 03, 2015 @07:01PM (#9828375)

I'm using the latest Google Now launcher with Lollipop 5.1. It seems to be random what it chooses to prioritize. But it looks like web searches have higher priority, see screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k1hsdo8euclnf23/Screenshot%202015-...

p.s. Danielle is my girlfriend and we do talk a lot :-/

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