With Drive, Google has added a “search chips” feature. This functionality will allow users to filter content across the entire web app by criteria including file type, owner, and last edited date. According to the company, this feature will let users to more quickly refine their search and locate pertinent files across all Drive views.
For those who are unaware the “search chips” feature was formerly accessible in Google Drive search, however, this function is now accessible “across Drive.” This is similar to the functionality available in Gmail. So now onwards users don’t have to do multiple or repeated searches or filter through unnecessary results since Google Drive’s search chips make it simpler for them to identify relevant files more quickly.
According to Google all users can now generally access search chips. This includes all Google Workspace users, as well as previous G Suite Basic and Business users.
“In November 2021, we announced a beta for search chips in Google Drive, which makes it easier for users to find relevant files faster and eliminates the need to perform multiple searches or sort through irrelevant results. Search chips are now generally available for all users,” while announcing the feature Google said.
A few keywords are generally used when searching in Drive to try to find the file such as “marketing plan” or “sales report,” which may return results that are too broad. Users can now use search chips to surface more relevant results based on File type, such as a Google Doc, PDF, or image, People, or Location, such as a shared drive or specific folder, When the document was last modified File titles only, Shared labels and Tasks after a query is entered.
The company in its blog post said that users will notice various other improvements like spelling suggestions along with search chips. Users can clear search chips on their own, or together with the query and additional date options for the “Last modified” chip.
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