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Here's how to use Google's omnibox to do more than just look up web addresses

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Summary
Nutrition label

51% Informative

Google Chrome's omnibox is the address bar and search box at the top of the browser's interface.

It's able to do much more than look up web addresses and run searches on Google .

Google is constantly adding new features to the Google Chrome browser, including integration with Gemini AI .

To set the default email client on Windows , choose Apps > Default Apps from Settings; over on macOS, pick Mail > Settings > General from Apple Mail . Run Instant Google SearchesOn many Google searches, you get the answer above the list of links on the results page. These “instant” searches work in Chrome too. Ask about facts (like the height of the Eiffel Tower or the mass of Jupiter ), celebrity ages, the days until a certain date, current stock prices for a company, the size of countries, the authors of books, and so on..

VR Score

33

Informative language

27

Neutral language

6

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

Source diversity

1

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