[ktsmith]

> Search-related portions are available through that "microphone" icon (which nobody clicks)

I've noticed no one my age clicks this. My son and his friends as well as a friends nieces and nephews who live a couple thousand miles away from us use Google in a completely different way. They don't go to google.com and type in a search query, they click the microphone and ask google their question directly. They are also more likely to use the assistant on their devices than any of the adults I know. I think this is one of those generational shifts as they don't need to be able to type in their queries in the best way to get the results they are looking for, they can just use natural language for the most part.

[m0zg]

Yes, a significant fraction of _mobile_ searches on Google are voice. According to Google it was 20% in 2016, the number has likely gone up significantly since then. Even old farts like myself are getting on the bandwagon, this is no longer early-adopter stuff.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+fraction+of+google+sear...