{"id":947,"date":"2013-01-24T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=947"},"modified":"2016-12-09T21:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:16:13","slug":"search-engines-on-firefox-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2013\/01\/24\/search-engines-on-firefox-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Tip &#8211; Choose Your Search Engines on Firefox for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can choose your search engine on Firefox for Android, <a title=\"Firefox Tip: Add Search Engines to the Search Bar\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/06\/11\/firefox-tip-add-search-engines-to-the-search-bar\/\">just like you can on your computer\u2019s Firefox browser<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2013\/01\/24\/search-engines-on-firefox-android\/androidscreenshot_searchoncropped\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-997\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-997 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/01\/AndroidScreenshot_searchoncropped-252x252.png\" alt=\"Android Search\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/01\/AndroidScreenshot_searchoncropped-252x252.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/01\/AndroidScreenshot_searchoncropped-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/files\/2013\/01\/AndroidScreenshot_searchoncropped.png 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a>Firefox for Android includes built-in search for Google, Amazon, Twitter and Wikipedia. To start your search, tap the Title bar or + at the top of any screen. Type your search keyword and the list of built-in search engines appears. Now, choose the one you want and you\u2019re off and running!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Android search engine\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/use-awesome-screen-search-firefox-android\" target=\"_blank\">For more information on searching with Firefox for Android, visit our Support site. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a tip you&#8217;d like to share with other Firefox users, please post it on our <a title=\"Firefox Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> page with #FirefoxTips and tag us, or post on Twitter with #FirefoxTips. <a title=\"Firefox Tips Archive\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/category\/firefox\/firefox-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">You can also view more tips in our archive. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this tip useful, be sure to share it with the Facebook and Twitter buttons in the share drop-down below, and help tell the world about Firefox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that you can choose your search engine on Firefox for Android, just like you can on your computer\u2019s Firefox browser? 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