Xperia tech to customize quick search box placement

Updated at 10:00 on August 01, 2019

Sentence ● Satoshi Nakayama Editing ● ASCII Editorial Department

　From Xperia 1, the composition of the home screen has changed slightly. For example, the "quick search box" that allows you to search Google is treated as a widget in the previous model and could be placed anywhere on the home screen, but in Xperia 1 it is placed at the bottom of the home screen and fixed. It has been.

Since Xperia 1, the quick search box has been fixed at the bottom of the screen

However, the functions that can be used in the quick search box are the same as before. Tap the input form to switch to the text search screen. If you link your Google account, you can also see the history of searches on your computer, etc., so you can easily search again. Also, when you enter text, keywords that are search candidates are also displayed, so it is convenient to quickly search with a few input steps.

Tap the quick search box to switch to the search screen

When you enter text, search candidates are displayed before the conversion is confirmed.

Tap the microphone icon part of the quick search box to switch to the voice input screen. With voice input, you can save the trouble of typing text by tapping.

Tap the microphone icon for voice input

　The quick search box can be hidden by changing the settings. To set up, press and hold the home screen and tap "Home settings" from the displayed menu. If you tap the "Show quick search box" button to turn it off, the quick search box will be hidden the next time you switch to the home screen.

Tap "Home settings" from the long press menu on the home screen

Hide Quick Search Box

Quick search box disappeared

　If you hide the quick search box, the space for placing icons will increase by one line. This setting is recommended for users who want to display many icons. By the way, the quick search box is also available as a widget just like the conventional model, so it can be displayed as a widget instead of a fixed display.

Widget google has a quick search box

Put the quick search box on the home screen as a widget

　According to the frequency of use of the quick search box, let's customize whether it is fixed display or placed on the home screen as a widget!

*Verified with Xperia 1 (SO-03L)/Android 9.

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