{"id":19578,"date":"2024-01-12T23:01:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/19578\/hidden-page-reveals-one-way\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T23:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:01:55","slug":"hidden-page-reveals-one-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=19578","title":{"rendered":"Hidden page reveals one way Google hopes to quiet regulators globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden page reveals one way Google hopes to quiet regulators globally\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>A hidden page found in the recently released Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3 build gives us an idea of \u200b\u200bhow Google will take on regulatory agencies around the world that have accused the company of anti-competitive behavior.  Some of these agencies want Google to allow Android users to have the freedom to select their own default search engine and hidden page, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nail_Sadykov\/status\/1745455124317901117\" class=\"external\">discovered by Nail Sadykov<\/a>editor of the Google News Telegram channel, (via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nail_Sadykov\/status\/1745455124317901117\" class=\"external\">AndroidAuthority<\/a>) explains how Google could do this.<\/div>\n<div>Included with the Pixel Launcher <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/app\/\"   title=\"app\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">app<\/a> that comes with the <span>Android 14<\/span> The QPR2 Beta 3 update is a hidden option on the search settings page called Search Engine.  The description for this setting says: &#8220;Select the app you will use to search the web. This will affect the search and content on your home screen.&#8221;  As you might expect, using the field above the apps list on a Pixel will default to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/google\/\"   title=\"Google\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Google<\/a> for web searches.  The presence of this page indicates that Google could allow other search engines such as Bing or DuckDuckGo to handle such tasks.<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pixel Launcher will soon let you choose the default web \u201csearch engine\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The application version that comes with <span>Android 14<\/span> QPR2 Beta 3 contains a hidden search settings item called \u201cSearch Engine\u201d.  This feature will allow you to choose an application for web search. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EbbCCd6bvX\">pic.twitter.com\/EbbCCd6bvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Nail Sadykov (@Nail_Sadykov) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nail_Sadykov\/status\/1745455124317901117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div>If this page becomes available for all Android phones on a future version of the operating system, it may be enough to show regulators around the world that Google is opening Android to other search options.  But this is only one element and Google will still have to take care of others, notably reducing in-app payments in the Play Store.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-0ffd8819-640d-41f0-af18-c9c6440ce4bd\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:560px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 134.82142857143%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hidden-page-reveals-one-way-Google-hopes-to-quiet-regulators.jpg\" alt=\"Chrome Reports Possibly Linked to Search Engine&#39;s Hidden Page - Hidden Page Reveals One Way Google Hopes to Silence Regulators Globally\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chrome Indicators Possibly Related to Search Engine Hidden Page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, data security attorney Lance Adams posted a tweet showing indicators on Chrome for Android that appear related to the search engine&#39;s hidden page mentioned above.  For example, the #enable-search-engine-choice flag enables the search engine choice screen and related features.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden page reveals one way Google hopes to quiet regulators globally\u060c A hidden page found in the recently released Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3 build gives us an idea of \u200b\u200bhow Google will take on regulatory agencies around the world that have accused the company of anti-competitive behavior. Some of these agencies want Google to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90,70,6260,839,2771,6839,5043,127],"class_list":["post-19578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-globally","tag-google","tag-hidden","tag-hopes","tag-page","tag-quiet","tag-regulators","tag-reveals"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19580,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19578\/revisions\/19580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}