Google’s new search mode surfaces results from apps on your Android device

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by Sindy Cator on August 31, 2016 at 8:41 am

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Search

For some time now, Google’s search engine has been able to peer into mobile apps to find content within them. The company has now taken that feature a step further with its new search mode on Android. Fire up Google’s app or launch Google Now and enter a query, and you’ll find a new ‘In Apps’ tab above the results. This filters the results to only show you content from apps installed on your device, such as contacts, text messages and email, as well as songs from Spotify and videos from YouTube. Google says that the feature works entirely locally,…