Simple Search Widget

Tools

Search on Wikipedia, Google, Amazon, etc. directly from your homescreen

Rating: 4.0; 443 ratings
Downloads: 10K+; on Google Play
Price: Free; No in-app purchases
Updated: Apr 1; 2014 · v1.0.7

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About Simple Search Widget

Like the style of the Google search widget on ICS?
Then you should try "Simple Search Widget"! It looks like the standard Android 4.0 search widget, but you can change the search provider to any site you want: Wikipedia, Google, Bing, Amazon or anything* else!

Features:
• Changable search provider
• Type directly in the widget, no need to open another app
• Looks like the standard search widget
• Dark, white or none border
• Text color changeable
• Default text changeable
• Resizable widget
• No scary permissions

* currently only sites, which put the search word at the end of the URL are supported, like Wikipedia, Google and many more. Other sites might be supported in an upcoming version

What’s new

Version 1.0.7 · Updated April 1, 2014

- fixed crash when deleting the last character on some devices

User reviews

Leonardo Aero

Old but gold. Why they don't create apps like this anymore?

Make Name Acceptable Go

Does what it says, but... I was hoping to be able to toggle to different search engines. Once placed and set to X, it's set. You can have multiple widgets, each going to a different engine, but that's a bit much.

aleksa milic

Simpler can not be gj.

JAMES E EWING

New

CN MG

Brilliant, simple, minimal design. 5/5 for me

Darko Donevski

best

App details

Simple Search Widget is a free Tools app for Android with 10,000+ installs on Google Play and a 4.0/5 average rating from 443 ratings. It was released on May 3, 2012 and last updated on April 1, 2014. It requires Android 3.0 or later.

Category: Tools
Rating: 4.0 / 5 (443)
Installs: 10,000+
In-app purchases: No
Ads: No ads
Version: 1.0.7
Size: 56k
Requires Android: 3.0 and up
Content rating: Everyone
Released: May 3, 2012
Last updated: April 1, 2014

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