Windows 8: How to Download and Install Google Search and Chrome
Many people use Google Search as their main search engine and Google Chrome as their default browser. Good news is that Google made their applications ready for Windows 8, some of these applications are ready to be installed directly from the Windows Store. In this article, we will be showing you how easy it is to download and install both Google Search and Google Chrome into Windows 8 and how they are automatically pinned to the Start Screen
Steps
From the Windows 8 Start Screen, type Google and then click Store
The Windows Store will open. Click **Google Search **
The Google Search application page in the Windows Store will open, as you can see, it's a free application. Click the Install button
Google Search will be downloaded and then automatically installed
Once it's installed, you will receive a pop-up notification that Google Search was installed as shown in the below image
Google Search will be pinned to the Start Screen. If you want to change its location, click and drag it to wherever you want on the start screen
To install Google Chrome, you can do this in two ways. Either type Google while you are on the Start Screen and then click on **Store **OR go directly to **http://www.google.com/chrome** using Internet Explorer 10
However, if you choose to go to the Windows Store, Google** **Chrome can't be installed directly from the Windows Store. You have to click Go to publisher's website. Once clicked this will open the Google Chrome install page.
7. So its preferred to go directly to the Google Chrome Install page. Simply open Internet Explorer 10 and type Google.com/Chrome
8. Click Download Chrome
Accept the license terms by clicking on Accept and Install
A security warning dialog window will pop up, click Run
Google Chrome will start to download and install automatically
9. Once Chrome is installed, it will ask to choose your default browser. Click Next
Choose Google Chrome if you want to set it as your default browser. Or click on Keep using Internet Explorer if you don't want to change the default browser.
10. Finally, as you can see, Google Search and Chrome are pinned to the Start Screen.
Summary
Google** **has made some of its applications available in the Windows Store. In this article, you have seen how to add Google Search and Chrome to the Windows 8 Start Screen.