Google Drive’s new filters that make search easier are rolling out to everyone
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Search chips, a feature that's supposed to make it easier to search for files in Google Drive, is becoming available to all Workspace users, including G Suite Basic and Business users. It was first released as a beta in November and should let you narrow down your search results by location, file type, date modified, people, tasks, and shared label.
Image by Google Search chips appear right below the search bar after you conduct a search.As Google demonstrates in the above GIF, you can use search chips by entering a keyword in Drive's search bar as you normally would. Right below the search bar, you'll see six different dropdown menus for search chips: Location, File Type, People, Last Modified, Title only,...