Google Launches New Search Results Interface For Tablets

Google Search quietly launches a new interface for tablet users. The design and layout is noticeably different from the previous version.

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Google has launched a brand-new interface for searchers on tablet devices. The new interface is very different from the old tablet design, which was a combination of mobile and desktop design in one. This tablet view uses a form of card-like results, with a skinnier top bar navigation and a lot of white space on the left and right of the search results.

Here are screen shots from this morning:

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When local results come up, they capture the whole screen:

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Here is a screen shot from Alex Chitu, who was able to capture the interface before Google launched this morning’s Doodle.

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We have reached out to Google for a comment and have yet to hear back.

Postscript: A Google spokesperson told us, “this week we began rolling out a new tablet Search results page, bringing the best of Google Search to tablets.”


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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