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Re:Show HN: Spotlight search for android
on Friday January 29, 2016 @03:52AM (#10994231)
Android's device search is lacking.
So we set out to build a better version.
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Re:Android Device Search SHOW-DOWN
on Saturday August 01, 2015 @01:24PM (#9987821)
We've decided to do a more scientific experiment to see which android search engine is the fastest.
Android Device Search SHOW-DOWN
Heard about deep links? what about deep search?
Why We're Building the iOS Spotlight Search for Android
Switching from iPhone to Android... the painThree years ago I made the switch from an iPhone to an Android. What did I miss the most? The spotlight search! I used the spotlight search so much on iOS, if Apple ever allowed that home screen to change, I would've figured out how to hack their system and make the Spotlight search my home screen. So.... when I excitedly unveiled my Android,...
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:11PM (#9846327)
No, the goal was to see if anyone knows about a better solution.
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Monday July 06, 2015 @10:21PM (#9843301)
I see, I used to do that too. But it just wasn't as fast as iOS. That's why I built this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextstages...
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Sunday July 05, 2015 @10:09AM (#9833600)
I'm afraid it's not a setting, I checked, I just have more web search results that are similar to my search term. If you'd use the search feature more you'd see. Anyways, I built an app that fixes that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextstages...
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Saturday July 04, 2015 @02:33PM (#9831115)
That's exactly my point, of course it's working for me, I've never had an issue finding what I was looking for either, it's just super slow. The keyboard does not open (like you mentioned), recent web searches and websites appear above my own content. Just makes everything so slow, so I eventually swipe away at my app drawer or my contacts' app to find stuff, which is so 2001...
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Saturday July 04, 2015 @02:29PM (#9831081)
So you actually use it to open apps? you open apps by searching?
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Friday July 03, 2015 @11:42PM (#9829078)
Most people do... the average number of apps per user is close to 100
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Friday July 03, 2015 @07:37PM (#9828487)
It does! Don't you have any other contacts in "b" ?
The fact you're not using it is the ultimate proof, on iPhone it was super useful. And no way you "know where everything is" I bet you swipe for 30 seconds every time you want to open an app that's not on your home screen...
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Friday July 03, 2015 @07:04PM (#9828386)
See my reply to @dragonwriter...BTW, do you ever use this search bar for device search?
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Friday July 03, 2015 @07:04PM (#9828382)
I agree...it seems like Google is more concerned with targeted ads instead of user experience.
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
on Friday July 03, 2015 @07:02PM (#9828378)
See my reply to dragonwriter...
Re:How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
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 :-/
How come apple is so much better than Google in search?
I switched from iOS to Android two years ago and Google still hasn't caught up with Apple's device search.On my iPhone I used the spotlight search so much I tried to hack it to be my home page. 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...