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Search that ends with the right result.

Find is a visual search experience that puts the strongest result first, then gives you the context, alternatives, and source material to keep exploring.

From a question to a useful result

Find is deliberately simple: ask, read the strongest result, refine when useful, and keep the result that helped.

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Ask Find anything

Start with a plain-language question in the main search field. Find is designed to take you to a strong result quickly instead of making you sort through a page of links.

  • Type a question, topic, place, person, or task into Search for anything…
  • Press Enter or choose Find.
  • Find classifies the request and chooses the most useful result mode.
  • The result includes the strongest source, its context, and a path to explore further.
Try Find
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Use a quick search

Quick actions give you a useful starting point when you do not want to write the query yourself.

  • News searches current news topics.
  • Weather gives current conditions and forecast details.
  • Sports opens sports-related search results.
  • Conversion handles currency and unit conversions, including an interactive keypad.
  • Restaurants searches for places to eat near you when location context is available. Tap Open now to see only places open right now.
  • Turn on Use my location on the Info tab to see how far away places are on every search. Your location is sent with each search and never stored.
  • Events is marked coming soon in the current product.
Try a quick search weather
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Read the strongest result first

Find presents the best-weighted result first. Open the source when you want the full context, then use the result and supporting references to decide what to do next.

  • Read the result card and its source context.
  • Open the source link when you need the original article, page, or business details.
  • Question results can include a grounded summary of results and references.
  • Movie results combine ratings and details from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic when available.
  • Business results can show contact information, hours, and related details, and every location when a business has more than one.
  • A short line under the title says why Find picked the result, such as a verified business or the nearest location.
  • Ask about this result to get a short answer from that result’s own sources, such as "open Sunday?". Asking for something else, like "anything cheaper nearby?", runs that search.
  • Tap Watch on a result and Find keeps checking it: a price, a place’s hours, or new results for a topic. Changes show in History, and on iPhone as a notification. You can watch up to 10 finds for 30 days each.
  • Tap Save to Knowledge to keep a result in Docs. Docs asks you to sign in if needed, then saves it to your Knowledge, marked “via Find”. Saving is free; editing or deleting it there needs Docs.
  • Dates, tips, percentages, unit conversions and sunrise or sunset are worked out by Find itself, so the answer is exact.
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Explore alternatives and All results

When Find returns more than one useful result, move through alternatives instead of starting over.

  • Use the left and right result controls to move through the carousel.
  • Swipe left or right on a touch device to move between results.
  • Choose See all, or the All tab, to see every result at once.
  • Open a card for a deeper detail view, then use the back control to return to the shelf or search.
Try All results running shoes
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Refine with context pills

Context pills let you change the active direction of a search without losing the original topic.

  • Choose a pill such as News, Weather, Sports, or another available refinement.
  • Find keeps the original query visible while changing the active context.
  • Use the bottom tab bar to move between All results, search history, Info, Awards, and Share.
  • Use swipe or tilt navigation on supported devices to move through the experience.
Search with context Apple
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Use History, Share, and Feedback

Find keeps the experience lightweight, but gives you a few ways to return to useful searches and help improve the product.

  • Search History keeps your recent searches available for another look.
  • Share lets you pass along a result when the browser or device supports sharing.
  • Rate the experience after a result and optionally explain what was missing.
  • Open Awards to see the milestones you have unlocked as you use Find.
  • Use Info for the existing in-product explanation of Find and its philosophy.
Open Find Info

A useful mental model

Find is built to reduce the distance between curiosity and clarity.

Ask naturally

Use the words you would actually use. Find is built for questions, not query syntax.

Read before clicking

The first result is meant to give you useful orientation before you open the source.

Refine, don’t restart

Use context pills, alternatives, and All results when the first result is close but not quite enough.