Google did something recently that I didn’t see coming from a mile away. While Google does make a few desktop apps (I swear it should be making many more), like Drive for syncing your folders, I never, in my wildest dreams, thought it would bring Search to Windows as a native app. But it did — and how.
The new Google Search app experiment on Windows looks like a one-stop solution for anyone more invested in Google’s ecosystem than Microsoft’s Copilot efforts. And seeing it in action as a Mac user, I don’t want to admit it, but I’m a bit jealous. Sure, Apple has Spotlight, but it’s still light on AI and lacks the best of what Google Search offers — the features I actually use every single day.