[gumblecosby]

Hello. I bought a new 735 and was surprised that there was no option to set google as the default search in IE.

I've given Bing a fair run for the last few weeks and its just not working well for local results.

I've tried the google search app in the store but its a poor experience so instead I have pinned google to the start screen as an internet explorer shortcut .

Is there any hope that win10 or 8.1 gd2 will restore this preference considering that the Lumia 640 has the option now?

[xandros9]

It's weird, some phones have the option, some phones don't, I think its based on region or whatever.

Will it change? Well, it varies from model to model, but I'd hope so.

[Mafiatounes]

You can search on the store for Google Search an (the only) official Google app.