**⚠️ This task is work in progress.** It consolidates new specifications for an improved search experience in the Wikipedia app.
### Introduction / the antidote to Google search
- Global and intelligent search in Wikipedia is always just one tap away.
- The improved search behavior should encourage users to perform searches in the app, rather than performing a Google search via browser.
- With this update, the Wikipedia app becomes a ”search machine”. The user’s search experience becomes more intelligent and unified.
### Search in main tab navigation
- Change label from `History` to `Search` and change the icon to a magnifying glass.
- Incorporate ”global” search from Explore / the article page.
- Search in the main nav item opens the search box with.
- Remove magnifying glass / search feature in `My lists` app bar, it’s now accessible via central search in the app
- “Recent search” results won’t be displayed anymore, “History” will now take up this space.
### A revised global search
- Include search results from `Saved` and `History`
- New search results logic:
1. `Saved` in all app languages
2. `History` in all app languages
3. `Open tabs` in all app languags
3. `Wikipedia` in main app language
4. `Wikipedia` in other app languages
- If e.g. Saved and History results overlap, it’s only shown once in search results
- What about icons? Nope, we’re not using icons to indicate the source of a result. Results are prioritized per definition above. The magic happens in the background. Users will get
### Other
- A tooltip will introduce the new search functionality in the main navigation. Copy:
- `New search includes results from your history, open tabs, saved articles and Wikipedia.`
- Search field at the top of ”Explore” will stay, but the magnifying glass icon / search button won’t be displayed in the app bar on scroll anymore since search is accessible via main nav at any time.
### Article search experience
[to be defined]
### Visuals
| {F31947024} | {F31947026} | {F31947028} | {F31947030}
### Todos
- [x] Combine search and history
- [x] Move search to article toolbar (bottom). Consider switching the TOC to the other side.
- [ ] Define article search experience
- [ ] Incorporate feedback from Android team in week 31.
- [ ] Sync with Carolyn re: intra-wiki links (T256820) / results in other languages.
- [ ] Prepare survey / usability test that summarizes the work in this task.
- [ ] Incorporate analytics questions.