It seems that nothing has limits in the world of technology and many users are fond of "tuning" or customize the interface of your Android smartphone. Achieving a finish that combines an elegant look with functionality is sometimes a complicated task, but today we are going to help you achieve this with this tutorial on how to customize the Google search widget on Android .
The Google search bar is a widget that virtually every smartphone includes by default, but why not take it one step further and customize it to our liking . This is what we will achieve by using the Custom Search Bar Widget (CSBW) application available in the Play Store.
As you can already imagine, the first step is to install the application that we can on Google Play. The app is free, but has some features that are only available in the Pro version , which is unlocked with a payment of € 2.09. With Custom Search Bar Widget we can even get to set up a Google bar like that of pixel devices.
First click on the "Appearance" option to start the customization process. We can select between different designs of the search bar (rounded, rectangular, background color, outer line, etc) . It also allows us to select the icons that we want to appear, for example the microphone icon to search by voice.
I also liked that it allows us to configure the search engine we want to use . By default it uses Google for text search and Google Now for voice search.
Once we finish customizing our theme, we press the "Save Current Theme" button and assign it a name. Finally we can only select our custom theme in the "Themes" section and apply it by clicking on it.
Now we can only add the widget to our desktop by clicking on the background until we see the options to add the widget Custom Search Bar Widget .
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