You can run a Google search directly in Windows now - no browser needed

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• You can now run a Google search directly in Windows.
• The new Google app for Windows works in Windows 10 and 11.
• Google Lens is integrated, so you can search on selected text and images.

If you're like me, you probably head to Google's search engine on the web several times a day to get information on specific topics. But if you're working in Windows, that means you have to stop what you're doing, fire up your browser, go to Google's search site, and then enter your query. Wouldn't it be quicker and easier if you could do all of that without launching your browser? Well, now you can.

A new Google Labs experiment dubbed Google app for Windows can display a floating Google search ...