Google’s search app will now host Gboard, a widget along with enlarged 3D touch

Google’s very old wish of making its search engine even more compatible with the iOS has received a push today, when the company announced some new features for its search engine app on the iOS. The Gboard app, which was previously an independent keyboard app, has now been added to the main iOS search app. The other additions includes support to a bundle of 3D touch options along with a new Google search widget.

Gboard, the popular Google search keyboard, which Google enabled for iOS as an add-on keyboard back in May 2016, is now available directly within the Google app. Launch the Google search app on your iPhone or iPad to try it out. To access this keyboard, go to your Google app settings to set up Gboard on your device.

Gboard is a really excellent alternative to the iOS default keyboard that lets you type normally but also search for emojis, GIFs, search results and much more, directly in your keyboard.

Along with this, the app update brings with it a new  “Trending on Google” widget, which could flash in iOS notification bar. This feature will provide you with breaking news or trending topics being searched on Google. Once you tap on them, you will be led to Google app for more updates.

For enabling the widget, you may tap on  Edit from the bottom of the Notification Center, or simply use the  3D Touch option on the app icon. After ths you will able to see a preview of the widget along with an option of adding  to your Notification Center.

The 3D touch option brings forth other search options as well, which includes initiating voice search, image search or going incognito, and the latest feature of  a Quick Search option, which performs quickly in order to take your cursor directly to the search tab faster than the times you would wait for the home screen to load.

3D touch is also integrated with the search app. From now on, you may hard press on the search “G” button at the base of the screen, to initiate a new search anytime anywhere.

All these features are now available with new updates of Google Search app for iOS.