Google has an update to its Pinterest-inspired Collections feature inside the Google application. Google Collection will get a taste of Google’s AI. It offers you suggestions about items you searched for and grouping them into one. This means that Google will look for patterns in your Searches to suggest new collections. So that you can get back to doing what you started.
Collections inside the Google app will sort out searches related to activities. For example shopping, cooking, and other hobbies. Not only can you save the collections recommended for you. But also create new ones depending on what you like and share them with family and friends. This will also improve your search experience. Because Google will first show you what you might wish to see by learning from your collections.
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What is Google Collection
Google Collections came out to masses in 2018 by replacing Saved pages and later moving on to Google app’s main screen tabs. The feature was introduced as a built-in bookmarking when searching on Google. And helped you save links, images, and places that you found via Search.
The section offers Pinterest-like boxes with large cover images. That shows your favorite pages, places, and images, sorted by date. You can also add new collections, look out for more bookmarks, get suggestions for similar items.
What’s the new Update all about
The latest update to Google Collections makes revising your older searches easy. For collections created previously, Google shows you other related items. That includes websites, images and much more via its AI. This also helps you avoid typing in a search query yourself. Suggested Collections is live in the United States starting today and will expand to other regions soon.
Create a Google Collection
- Open the Google application on your Android device.
- Hit the Collections tab at the bottom.
- Then tap on New at the top right.
- Enter a name for your collection.
- Tap on Create.
A new collection has been created for you to save links, images, and places from Google search results to find them later instantly.
How to Use Google Collection
Now that you have created a new collection inside Google Collections. It is time for you to learn how to get it going. You can add pictures, websites, and also places to a collection. Remove them at will, share your collections with others and also delete them. If, in case, you no longer deem it necessary.
Add something to a Google
You can add anything you search on Google to Collections.
Note: For collections to work, Google Chrome needs to be set as your default web browser on your smartphone.
- Open the Google app.
- Tap on the Search bar at the top.
- Search for anything you’re interested in. To give you an example, we searched for “Quick party recipes”.
Google will show you a bunch of results related to your search.
Alternatively, you can also save items like places on Maps, searching for images on Google Search or when opening articles from your Google feed.
- Tap on any of the results listed.
This will open the webpage of the link that you clicked.
- Tap on the Add to an icon at the top.
By default, this page will be saved to your most recent collection. That, in this case, is the Favorite Pages collection.
- To save the page inside your new collection, tap on Change at the bottom right.
A list of options will pop up including the Collection that you created previously.
- Tap on the collection you want to save the link on.
The selected items will be moved to your preferred collection. You can also add the items to a new collection by tapping on New Collection.
Remove saved items from a Google Collection
- Open the Google application.
- Tap on the Collections tab at the bottom.
- Select the collection you want to remove items from.
- Then tap on the 3-dot icon of the item that you want to remove.
- Tap Remove.
- If you want to remove multiple items from a collection. Either long-press one of the items and select the items or tap on the 3-dot icon of an item. Tap Select and select the items. After selecting the items to remove, tap the trash icon at the top right and then confirm the deletion by tapping Remove.
- Open the Google app.
- Tap on the Collections tab at the bottom.
- Select the collection you want to share with friends and family.
- Then tap on the Share button at the top under the collection title.
- You will be asked to switch your collection from private to public. To do this, tap on the toggle that is displayed on the screen.
- Now decide if you want the folks you are sharing a collection to just view your collection or make changes in the future. Select any of the following options:
- View only link: Select this by default if you do not want others to edit your collections.
- Contributor link: Select this only if you want the folks you are sharing with to have the ability to make changes to your collection later.
- Tap on Continue.
A link to your collection will create. You can now share the link to anyone from your contacts listed in the share sheet. Or on the applications that are already installed on your phone. You can also manually send the link by tapping on the Copy icon.
Conclusion
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