Battery saving black Google search is the fastest way to search the web and your device. Saves battery power, loads faster, uses less data which saves money, reduces eye strain and looks awesome! Black is green with the first mobile energy saving search powered by Google. AMOLED screens benefit the most, saving up to 7x the power, so it's time to give your battery a break! Permissions required for Google Voice Actions.
[ ADD HOME SCREEN WIDGET ]
▪ Long Press Empty Home Screen Space > Widgets > Black Google {or}
▪ Apps > Widgets > Hold Black Google
[ CONFIGURE SEARCH BUTTON ]
▪ Hold Home Button and Swipe Up > Select App and Choose 'Always' {or}
▪ Short|Long Press Search > Check 'Use By Default' > Black Google|Voice Search
[ DISABLE DEFAULT GOOGLE ]
▪ Settings > Applications > All > (Google) Search > Disable|Uninstall {or}
▪ Settings > Applications > Manage Apps > All > (Google) Search > Clear defaults {or}
▪ Home > Menu > Manage Applications > All > Search > Disable
[ REMOVE GOOGLE SEARCH BAR ]
▪ Long Press Search Bar > Choose Delete or Drag to Trash Bin {or}
▪ Settings > Apps > Google Search > Disable|Uninstall (Will Disable Voice Input)
☆ May require a free launcher to remove the default search bar (e.g. Nova). To find one, try searching the market for "launcher".
[ CHANGING SEARCH SOURCES ]
▪ Tap Top Left Icon (Magnifying Glass) > Select Source (e.g. Contacts) {or}
▪ Menu > App Settings > Searchable Items > Enable Items (e.g. Music) {or}
▪ Tap Top Left Icon (Magnifying Glass) > Tap Top Right Settings Icon > Enable Items
☆ Install the related app and it will appear, such as Wikipedia, IMDB or Winamp!
[ SEARCH SETTINGS ]
▪ Black Google > Menu > Web Settings
▪ Black Google > Perform Any Search > Modern | Classic
// VOICE ACTIONS EXPRESS //
[ IMAGES ]
▪ "Image(s) of" or "Picture(s) of" followed by a search phrase.
[ MAPS ]
▪ "Map" or "Directions" followed by an address, name, type of business, or other "from" and "to" locations.
▪ "Navigate to," followed by an address, name, type of business, or other destination.
[ VIDEOS ]
▪ "Videos of" or "YouTube" followed by a search phrase.
[ MUSIC ]
▪ "Listen to" followed by words for music you want to search for, such as the name of a song, artist, or album.
[ MESSAGING ]
▪ "Send text" or "Send SMS", optionally "To" one or more contacts, with optional "Message" followed by the message.
▪ "Send email", optionally "To" one or more contacts, with optional "Subject" followed by a subject, and with "Message" followed by the message.
[ CALL ]
▪ "Call" followed by a name from your contacts, optionally followed by "home," "mobile", "work" or "other".
▪ "Call" followed by the digits of a phone number.
★ The 'directly call phone numbers' and 'read your contacts' permissions are required for the CALL and MESSAGING features.
Application
Parental rating:
Everyone (age 6 and over)
Default language:
English
Supported languages:
Arabic, Arabic (Egypt), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, German (Germany), Greek, Greek (Greece), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United Kingdom), English (Ireland), English (India), English (New Zealand), English (Philippines), English (Pakistan), English (Singapore), English (South Africa), Spanish, Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Colombia), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (United States), Spanish (Venezuela), Persian, Finnish, French, French (Canada), French (France), Hindi (India), Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian (Indonesia), Indonesian (legacy in code), Italian, Italian (Italy), Japanese, Japanese (Japan), Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian Bokmål (Norway), Dutch, Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Polish (Poland), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romansh, Romanian, Russian, Russian (Russia), Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Thai (Thailand), Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China), Chinese (Taiwan)
Trial version:
No
"In-App" billing:
No
With advertisements:
No
Screenshots:
Requirements
Requires Google Play and/or account:
No
Requires third-party libraries:
No
Requires 'rooted' device:
No
Target Android version:
Android 2.2
Minimum Android version:
Android 2.2
Requires features:
Touchscreen
Requires permissions:
Access network state, Call phone, Get accounts, Global search, Internet, Read call log, Read contacts, Write settings, com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM, com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS, com.android.browser.permission.WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
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