12 useful utilities hiding in Google search

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The Google search bar contains many surprises and hidden skills that you will learn about in this article.

Since its inception, the Google search engine has always followed the principles of simplicity and comfort. Instead of the competitors' search engines overloaded with ads and completely unnecessary information, she presented us with a crystal clear interface, consisting literally of one field for entering a request. But despite its apparent simplicity, the Google search bar contains many surprises and hidden skills that you will learn about in this article.

Some of these tricks only work with the English version of Google, so you may need to go to settings and change the language to use them.

Use Google as a timer

To do this, just enter the command "set timer" and the required time. For example, "set timer 5 minutes".

Count the tip

To do this, enter the command "tip calculator".

Find the release date of any movie

You will see this information in response to a query like "movie_name release date".

Listen to songs of any artist

As soon as you enter "songs by name" into the search box, you will see a list of his popular songs. Clicking on the title will start listening on YouTube.

Books by a specific author

If you need to quickly find out what the author you are interested in wrote, then you need to enter the query "books by name".

Flight information

In order to find out information about the flight you need, enter a query of the form "flights flight_number company_name".

Sunset time, dawn time, current

All these astronomical data can be found using the commands "sunset", "sunrise" and "time", respectively, as well as add the name of your location.

Built-in calculator

As soon as you enter a mathematical expression in the search bar, a built-in calculator appears.

Currency Converter

Enter the direction of transfer you need, and you will receive not only a currency converter, but also a graph of the rate change.

Unit converter

The converter of various physical quantities and measures works in the same way.

Etymology of words

Do you want to know where this or that word came from? No problem, just add "etymology" to your query.

Comparison of the nutritional value of different foods

If you're on a diet and counting every calorie, then Google can help you make the right choice.

And finally, some fun surprises from Google. In order not to spoil your impression, I will not accompany the description with screenshots. Just enter the following search terms into the search bar and you will see something that will really delight and surprise you.

• "Do a barrel roll" - aerobatics from Google.
• "Tilt" - and your horizon is overwhelmed!
• "Zerg Rush" - alien invasion.
• Atari Breakout is the favorite computer game of childhood.
• "Blink html" is exactly what happens.

What cool Google tricks do you know?