Compared to Apple's Spotlight Search on macOS, Microsoft's Windows Search leaves something to be desired. These alternative search apps for Windows bring a Spotlight-esque experience to Windows 11.

When you're constantly jumping between files, folders, settings, and applications on Windows 11, the built-in search feels painfully slow and cluttered. Windows Search is pure garbage; it eats up ...

Google said Tuesday that it’s testing a new experimental search app for Windows that will search your PC as well as the web, applying Google Lens when needed. Google classified its new app as an ...

Google is once again trying to stake a claim on your desktop. This week, the company announced a new experimental Google app for Windows, available through Search Labs, that aims to make finding ...

It never fails to amaze me how bad Google is and continues to be at search. For a company that made its bones in this category, its apps lack the ability to adequately help me find what I’m looking ...

Yahoo launched two new search apps for the iPhone and iPod touch today. Interestingly, they both rely on Google Maps to some degree, rather than Yahoo Maps. But that’s OK, because in one way or ...

Google recently rolled out the Live Search feature in the Gemini app. But now Google was caught testing that Live Search feature directly in the main Google Search app, the Google App. Live Search ...

OS 26.4 beta 2 arrived today for developers, and it has two changes that reverse iOS 26 app search designs to be more like iOS 18.