The Google app is reportedly replacing Pixel Launcher search. This is apparently an intentional change, and not a bug.

Google is replacing Pixel Launcher's home screen search with the Google app, prioritizing faster access to AI Mode.

The problem is that the Google app–powered search tool misses out on some of the Pixel Launcher’s most useful features, ...

Google replaces Pixel Launcher's fast device search with AI-focused Google app, sparking user frustration over lost settings, ...

More convincingly, the change appears to be a stopgap measure to address a recent bug on Pixel devices. While the Google search bar lets you customize buttons, a few Pixel users recently reported that ...

To add a shortcut for an Android app, long-press the app's icon and select Add to home screen. To make a website shortcut, open the site in Chrome, tap the three dots, and select Add to Home screen.

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel ...

In the past few days, tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens a different screen powered by the Google app. This is not a ...

Google's home screen search widget on Pixel phones is already a powerful tool, and Google could be giving it some new voice output.

Google develops the open source Android operating system, and hardware makers like Samsung, OnePlus, Oppo, and Xiaomi build ...

Participants in the Android Beta Program get first dibs on the next update, which is set to land in official form next year ...