Add a mobile Kagi app with quick search widget for Apple and Android

Vlad

We are in the process of creating an Android app. In the meantime this page has tips how to set it up

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/getting-started/setting-default.html

jaranflaath

Vlad Anywhere I can sign up for testing?

mhersh

For anyone joining this thread late: Search suggestions are supported in Firefox for Android since sometime in 2023. Just be sure to edit your search engine and set the suggestions URL to "https://kagi.com/api/autosuggest?q=%s" as specified in the Kagi docs, then enable the "Show search suggestions" option if it's not already on.

Currently, you can find these options under Firefox > Settings > Search. Firefox for Android's search widget works great with Kagi.

nzain

[edit] thanks for merging my suggestion into this thread - didn't find it. I guess everything has been said above, but here's my original (doesn't match the new context):

In Europe Google was forced to allow Android users to select a different search provider. Now users can choose bing, duckduckgo, ecosia, qwant, etc. It would be awesome to have kagi as the primary search provider on my Android home screen (not just in my Firefox). And for sure this would massively increase your visibility.

I'm not talking about winning the bidding auctions so that kagi pops up as a choice on every android device. It's not free, it wouldn't make sense. However, think about this: many people will look for Google search alternatives and so many people will check the app store.

On android home screen tap and hold the Google search bar and go to settings. Then select a different search provider: kagi.

If possible, use the default browser to execute the search. I really like Firefox and Orion ist not available for Android anyway.

kg4maz

arcfour Hi, I've downloaded your app and I find amazing your work.If you can implement dark mode in all website I will use your app to browse the web as default.
I hope that the Kagi's team is working in an Android and Linux/Windows application as well of the Orion browser.I'm an ultimate subscriber and a Orion+ too

arcfour

kg4maz Hi, the latest version now allows you to select a theme in the settings. For any other issues, please open a GitHub issue. The app is also officially available on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.movenext.bang_navigator

kg4maz

arcfour Hi, I use lensai and I wrote to you to became a tester but I had no answer.
I mean websites's dark mode,as firefox with dark reader or dark mode for website as vanadium do.
I want to ask to you,Why can I not set Lensai as my default browser in Android?

johen

gtirloni
That's really good stuff! I just had a regular shortcut to kagi website on my home, which looked a little ugly, but was functional, but now I can have the search bar, just like Google's, thanks for the tip

johen

arcfour
Would it be possible for the app to synchronize custom bangs too? (or maybe it already does that?)

dps

johen bangs are stored with your account, so they would be on the apps.

johen

dps Yeah! sorry for not checking earlier, it works as expected!

VMX

That "coming soon" tag is one of the best pieces of news I've received today 😃

Can anyone from the Kagi team confirm if the plan is to apply to Google's DMA Search Choice Screen, so we can get this as a search option in Pixel phones in Europe? I assume it may not be possible to apply before the app is actually published in the Play Store, but I'd be eager to know what your plans are.

Thanks!

Luis

VMX Yes, we definitely want to apply to Google's DMA Search Choice Screen. But we'll need 5000 app installs to be eligible. Please install and share it with your network and help us meet that criteria 🙂
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kagi.search

FYI - we'll announce the official release of the Kagi Android app with our changelog today.

Thibaultmol this is planned

kg4maz

Vlad The possibility to access assistant in a different way, google assistant like with a widget,why not.
An independent browser, like Orion; that's because on Android we have not a browser built for Kagi.We only have the possibility to use this amazing search engine!

kg4maz

I hope that a day we will have Orion browser on Android too,an assistant which can let us ask with voice any prompt.
Please, Kagi team💪

Thibaultmol

I personally would also like a 1x1 widget that just starts the assistant maybe even with voice recog immediately (something that could be set in the settings)

VMX

Luis

But we'll need 5000 app installs to be eligible. Please install and share it with your network and help us meet that criteria 🙂

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