Google Search has come a long way, and still the company continues to improve on the world’s largest database of answers to search queries. People can already do a lot of things separate from what the service is known for. Google has rolled out an even bigger feature to aid users when it comes to returning to recent activity. ‘Activity Cards’ is Google’s new addition to Search to better organize your lookups. Activity cards according to Google, are designed to help you continue from where you left off. When you perform a search similar to a recent one, a “Your related activity” card might appear before the list of results. When you tap the card, you will be shown a list of articles previously clicked by you in the past as part of your previous query. Beneath that list, you will be shown old searches in a carousal that you can tap to reopen. However, you will need to log into your Google account in order to be able to use the new activity cards: “To help you with these ongoing search journeys, we’re launching new activity cards to help you pick up where you left off. If you’re logged into your Google account and search for topics and hobbies like cooking, interior design, fashion, skincare and beauty, fitness, photography and more, you may find an activity card at the top of the results page that provides easy ways to continue your exploration.” Links to previously visited top pages along with searches you have done in the past will be made available to you under the new arrangement. This saves a lot of time, and helps you to get access to whatever information you are looking for without necessarily leaving your browser open. You can mark a page to read or reference later just by touching and holding the link to quickly add items on your activity card to a collection. To access your collections, simply tap the menu on the top left of the Search page [on mobile web], or through the bottom bar of the Google app. You can delete an item or turn off cards by tapping the 3-dot icon, which gives you control over what appears in your activity card. Activity cards has already rolled out to users in the US, and currently only available…
Trust Google to always want to improve Search in every way to make the service even more useful. The search giant is testing a new feature that will teach you word pronunciation in different accents. For the purpose of clarity, the new feature is not the small speaker that has always been a part of Search for a while now; according to Android Police, there is a new addition. A new box will now appear below the searched word called “Learn to pronounce.” When the box is tapped, it opens a search for “how to pronounce…” or better still, you can skip the definition phase and directly search for “how to pronounce…” You will then be presented with a special card with the written pronunciation. Along with the card, are different settings to slow it down, a speaker icon, and a drop-down to choose between different accents. Apparently, the feature is still being tested as I can’t seem to find it as at the time of writing this. In a couple of days or maybe weeks, we could get to see or hear more about the feature. I sincerely could do with some useful tips on how to pronounce some words in other accents. By the way, you could learn to pronounce words in different accents including American and British accents. A couple of months ago, the search giant updated the way consumers discover events in Search by adding new features that can help them to personalize results. This will enable Google provide important information about events within users’ search results. When you search for an event and tap on it, Google will present an overview that shows details that include ticket, cost, venue reviews, time, and location. The new feature gives you the option of either saving events for later, or clicking through to buy tickets via various vendors that have signed up with Google including Ticketmaster and StubHub. The update covers all types of events including, concerts, museum happenings, local festivals, and cooking classes. Among items that you can search for include, events near me, or free concert. To give you a broader view, however, a returned lists that contain different sites will be made available. A ‘For You’ tab has now also been added by Google to help you get personalized ideas for things to do…
Google Search has come a long way, and still the company continues to improve on the world’s largest database of answers to search queries. People can already do a lot of things separate from what the service is known for. Google has rolled out an even bigger feature to aid users when it comes to returning to recent activity. ‘Activity Cards’ is Google’s new addition to Search to better organize your lookups. Activity cards according…
Trust Google to always want to improve Search in every way to make the service even more useful. The search giant is testing a new feature that will teach you word pronunciation in different accents. For the purpose of clarity, the new feature is not the small speaker that has always been a part of Search for a while now; according to Android Police, there is a new addition. A new box will now appear below the searched word called…
What sets Google Search apart from other search engine is its uniqueness and ability to try out different features. Over the years, Google has never shied away from doing something different from Bing and the likes—and that has been the major reason why it has remained the dominant search engine. An upcoming feature, according to 9to5google, will let users leave comments in Google Search. The feature was uncovered in the latest Google…
Google has filed an appeal against the European Commission’s $5 billion fine slammed on it last July. The hefty fine was slammed on Google following investigations into what the EU described as breach of antitrust laws. The Commission held that the search engine behemoth was abusing its market dominance over its Android OS by bundling together some of its major products including Chrome. Google was also charged with blocking phone…