{"id":201410,"date":"2025-12-24T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/201410\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:53:12","slug":"hate-the-new-pixel-search-ui-heres-how-to-bring-the-old-one-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/201410\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate the new Pixel search UI? Here\u2019s how to bring the old one back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"google pixel launcher search bar hero pixel 10\"  alt=\"Pixel Launcher search bar results page, as shown on a Pixel 10 Pro.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-pixel-launcher-search-bar-hero-pixel-10-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>A recent Pixel update changed the home screen search bar behavior, but you can revert it with a workaround.<br \/>\nThe change forces the search bar to open the standard Google Search UI rather than the Pixel Launcher\u2019s unified search.<br \/>\nBy using ADB to toggle a specific launcher flag, you can force the device to return to the old unified search experience.<\/p>\n<p>Google constantly experiments with new ways to improve its products, but like all experiments, results vary. In a recent Pixel update, Google modified the home screen search bar to launch the standard Google Search UI rather than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-search-bar-change-3625951\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel Launcher\u2019s unified search experience<\/a>. While the standard UI makes it easier to access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-ai-mode-search-hands-on-3534354\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI Mode<\/a>, it lacks some features and feels less integrated. Fortunately, users who want to restore the old search experience can do so with a simple workaround. Here\u2019s what you need to do.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_rm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, follow this guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-use-adb-android-3260397\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set up ADB<\/a> on your device. You\u2019ll need this tool to run a command that overrides the flag responsible for the search UI switch. Once ADB is ready, run the following two commands one-by-one:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy Textadb shell cmd device_config override launcher enable_one_search true&#13;<br \/>\nadb shell am force-stop com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher<\/p>\n<p>The first command overrides the \u201cenable_one_search\u201d flag read by the Pixel Launcher. Setting it to \u2018true\u2019 forces the launcher to use the unified search experience instead of the standard Google Search UI. The second command restarts the Pixel Launcher to apply the updated flag. To revert this, simply replace \u2018true\u2019 with \u2018false\u2019 in the first command.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google search android\"  alt=\"google search android\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-search-android.jpg\"\/>Standard search UI<img class=\"e_jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"pixel search home f1 calendar\"  alt=\"pixel search home f1 calendar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pixel-search-home-f1-calendar.jpg\"\/>Pixel search UI<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to users jspirit and Kieron Quinn for sharing these commands!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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