Context menu, Web search doesn't open inside browser, it open in Google search app
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Soul browser (built on Chromium browser open-source), when I highlight a text on a webpage and the Context menu pops up, then I choose Web Search, but instead of opening a new tab with Google Search inside Soul browser, it opens in Google search app.
If I change the search engine to like Duck Duck Go, it still opens in the Google search app.
This is very annoying and I have searched for a solution for over a year. I even posted on Reddit and one other person has the same problem, https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/1cvp1oj/comment/m4ehgqk/?context=3 .
I am on Redmi Note 12 4G, Android 13, MIUI 14.0.12 (refuse to update to HyperOS).
The weird thing is, if I try the same in Chrome, Kiwi, or Brave, Web Search opens inside the respective browser as it should.
As a note: I have Soul browser on Redmi Note 7 (lavender) Android 11 and Redmi Note 8 (gingko) Android 12, Web Search opens inside Soul browser, which makes this very weird.
Anyone have a clue as to why this happens?
Google Search app setting to open inside browser is switched to OFF.
Is there a way to edit this myself, or any addon app that can redirect Web Search in Soul to open inside Soul - App developer is not fixing this problem, I have asked several times.
Besides this, Soul browser might be the best browser I have had, and I have tried them all.
Asked by Jan Johansson
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Jan 14, 2025, 06:00 AM
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