

In this article, you have seen how to add Google Search and Chrome to the Windows 8 Start Screen.Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Google has made some of its applications available in the Windows Store. Or click on Keep using Internet Explorer if you don't want to change the default browser.ġ0. Finally, as you can see, Google Search and Chrome are pinned to the Start Screen. Click NextĬhoose Google Chrome if you want to set it as your default browser. Once Chrome is installed, it will ask to choose your default browser. Google Chrome will start to download and install automaticallyĩ. Simply open Internet Explorer 10 and type /ChromeĪccept the license terms by clicking on Accept and InstallĪ security warning dialog window will pop up, click Run So its preferred to go directly to the Google Chrome Install page.

Once clicked this will open the Google Chrome install page.ħ. However, if you choose to go to the Windows Store, Google Chrome can't be installed directly from the Windows Store. Either type Google while you are on the Start Screen and then click on Store OR go directly to. To install Google Chrome, you can do this in two ways. If you want to change its location, click and drag it to wherever you want on the start screen Google Search will be pinned to the Start Screen. 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 downloaded and then automatically installed The Google Search application page in the Windows Store will open, as you can see, it's a free application.

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 Stepsįrom the Windows 8 Start Screen, type Google and then click Store Good news is that Google made their applications ready for Windows 8, some of these applications are ready to be installed directlyįrom the Windows Store. Many people use Google Search as their main search engine and Google Chrome as their default browser.
