[Q] How to make Google Search Widget open chrome? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all,
wasn't sure which forum of the S3 was the appropriate one for this question.
wanted to ask maybe if anyone can help -
how to make the Google Search Widget open search results in Chrome browser?
at the moment when i search through the widget - it opens the search results in the Google Search App,
not in the S3 browser and not in chrome.
- I've tried setting Chrome as my default browser.
- Tried clearing defaults for the "Google Search" & "Google Search Widget" apps (no defaults were even defined)
maybe you can help me out on this one.
Regards,
Adiel

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Som1 plz:angel:

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I think that's the way Google search works in Jelly Bean

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freddy1991 said:
I think that's the way Google search works in Jelly Bean
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in JB in works with Search App or Chrome?
which one you meant?
cause i'm in JB and it opens in search app.
no way to change this?

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Go to all apps in app manager, find internet click on it scroll down to app defaults and press clear defaults then when you next use widget it will ask what app you want to use to open results then choose chrome.
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Already tried that my friend, the Google search widget wont even ask which app to use for the search results, opens the google search app automaticlly
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Are you sure you cleared defaults for the Samsung browser (called Internet in apps) not for the widget itself, that's how I did it.
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trevham said:
Are you sure you cleared defaults for the Samsung browser (called Internet in apps) not for the widget itself, that's how I did it.
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Its called "Browser" in my S3
and maybe i wasn't clear enough - when searching through the widget, it opens the search results in Google search app.
when clicking one of the results, then it opens chrome.
i want it from the start to open the whole search results page in chrome

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I already said that it was the way the new Google Search worked.....
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I'm really hoping to find an answer to this too. After the search results display, you can't open multiple windows for the different sites you wish to view.

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Sincitybronze said:
I'm really hoping to find an answer to this too. After the search results display, you can't open multiple windows for the different sites you wish to view.
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On my Note 2 I had to clear defaults for "Popup browser", that did it!

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google chrome help
I'm lookong for some help on this too. I have the Samsung S6 & the Launcher (google search bar) automatically opens in Google & not Google Chrome. I need it to be in Google Chrome so I can tap on the images to save them. The normal launcher page I cannot save images.
I have cleared defaults & it doesn't help. It doesn't ask which browser you want to use.

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Google search is its own entity. It cannot open chrome until you hit a link in its (google search) results field. Blame android and the way it's built.
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adiel91 said:
maybe i wasn't clear enough - when searching through the widget, it opens the search results in Google search app.
when clicking one of the results, then it opens chrome.
i want it from the start to open the whole search results page in chrome
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Sorry man, but that isn't possible. Google already implemented that right from the beginning, when search was implemented into the OS.

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I figured it on my Galaxy S6. Settings / Google (that's right, they have their own section now!)/ Search & Now / Accounts & Privacy ...then toggle off the button for "Open web pages in app"