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Chrome adds new ‘Touch to Search’ feature for Android

Chrome adds new ‘Touch to Search’ feature for Android

Posted on June 5, 2015August 9, 2019 By Jarvis

Android users will have another reason to boast over iOS. Chromeis rolling out a new Touch to Search feature, giving users a quick and easy way to contextually search from within the browser. Of course, it’s only available on Android mobile devices. This one-touch search is a welcome feature instead of having to fumble around to highlight, copy, paste, and search on your mobile browser.

Touch to Search sends a selected word to Google Search, using the current webpage as context for the search. The feature can be toggled on or off in Settings. The new feature is part of a server-side update from Chrome, and it, reportedly, isn’t appearing on all devices yet.
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