How to Change Your Search Engine in One Tap

Besides its extensive collections of add-ons for Android, Firefox's mobile browser apps have many inherent features that you won't discover in other mobile browsers. One feature in particular, available for both Android and iOS versions, makes it easy to switch back and forth between search engines for any query.

With the Firefox Browser for Android and iOS, when you search for a term, you can choose which search engine you wish to use right then and there, selecting from a range of popular search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and even Amazon, Twitter, and Wikipedia.

Unlike its competitors, you are not stuck with just the default search engine when using the address bar to conducts searches. During incidences when your default search engine doesn't provide the desired answer, with one tap, you can try again with another search engine.

Step 1

Pick Any Search Engine During a Query

Spell in the Firefox Browser for Android or iOS, select the address bar and input the word or phrase you bid to look for. You could hit record or tap the Google image to do the search on Google (which is the default search engine in Firefox) or you can choose another search engine right away.

Right above your keyboard will be a row of images displaying the other search engines that are available, which will include Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, Twitter, and Wikipedia. When you finish inputting your keywords, select the image representing the search engine you like to utilize.

Once selected, Firefox will display the search results for your keywords using the selected search engine.

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Step 2

Quickly Switch to Another Search Engine

If the foremost search engine you chose didn't give you the results you needed, you can quickly rise into another search engine without much work required. All the same, this process does differ on Android and iOS.

In Firefox for Android

On Android, tap in the address bar, which will highlight the final thing you looked for. Equally you can probably tell, the "quick-search engines" bar doesn't come along, then you have to cancel the last alphabetic character of your search to make it reappear again. Type the letter back in, then tap along the search engine icon you want to attempt next.

In Firefox for iOS

If you have an iPhone, it's a lot simpler. In one case you select the address bar again, the "quick-search engines" banner will show, and you can quickly rise into another search engine for the same question.

Step 3

Change the Default Search Engine (Optional)

Now that you know the art of flipping between search engines in the Firefox Browser, you'll probably want to modify the default search engine from Google to something you use more regularly, such as Bing or Yahoo.

In Firefox for Android

On Android, select the three vertical dots in the upper-right of your screen and select "Settings." Choose the option "Search," and choose from the list whichever search engine you wish to be the default one. On the popup, choose "Set as default," and you're done.

In Firefox for iOS

If you own an iPhone, select the hamburger menu in the bottom-right of your display, and choose "Settings" from the popup. Choose the option "Search" from the list, then select the search engine under the Default Search Engine section. You will be faced with a list of all search engine available to Firefox that can be grounded as your default. Choose one on this list and you're done.

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Step 4

Add New Search Engines (Optional)

If you didn't notice in Step 3 above, you can actually add more search engines to Firefox. The new search engines can replace your default one or be used in the "quick-search engines" bar. For Android, just tap in the hunt box on the web page you want to add, then tap "Add Search Engine" to append it to your list of search engines. On iOS, start the same, simply tap the add icon, then "Add Search Provider."

Having immediate access to other search providers in one or two taps can significantly improve your workflow if you were executing it manually before.

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