The search is not designed to help you. It is designed to show sponsored apps and other results, so there is a better chance for Google's profit.
When have you seen ads in the launcher?
In colorOS smartphones. The default launcher shows ads when you use their search function. Fortunately, this special search can be disabled.
Not on any pixel or Samsung phones.
Wrong search 🤦♂️
This!!
Was wrong.
I'm not sure if that helps you, but there are plenty of search focused launchers for android that let you add keywords as tags to apps as well like KISS Launcher and Kvaesitso
+1 for KISS You can even use Tags.
Kvaesitso search is pretty bad. It's unable to find the F-droid app when searching "fdroid".
Cannot confirm. If I type in anything between "fdr" and "fdroid" it brings up F-droid for me.
KISS on minimal mode is the GOAT
I'd love to have tags on apps. So many apps have a simple minimalistic name on the app, which is impossible to remember. I make do by renaming the app with terms I might search by.
ex. "Authenticator Microsoft", or "Vancollect City Garbage Trash Recycling"
I'd just go with 2fa, but I guess if you wanna type out city garbage trash recycling for Microsoft auth go ahead
kiss launcher has tags
My favorite is when you type part of a word and it doesn't even show all the matching apps, just a few at random
Or then you type the next letter of the word and the result you want goes away, but only after you're milliseconds from tapping it.
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