How to upgrade your Windows search bar for enhanced productivity – and it’s free

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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…