Google Search app for Android updated with simplified UI and country-specific search results

Google has just released a new version of the Google Search app for Android that includes several welcomed UI enhancements and new features. Among the more notable, an “updated and simplified” UI (image above), country-specific suggestions and search results, and suggestions can now be grouped by type (web suggestions on top).
From the Google Mobile Blog:

• Suggestions grouped by type, with web suggestions at the top.


• Country-specific suggestions and search results for all countries with Google domains.


• Long press to remove history items.


• Faster, smoother performance, with an updated and simplified user interface.

The update is available for devices running Android 2.2 and up… you can swing by the market and grab it now. Google also posted some tips for some of the enhancements that have been incorporated in the update:

• Tap the arrow to the right of a search suggestion or history item to edit it before searching.


• Get suggestions from other apps on your phone – check out searchable items in Search settings.


• Long press on homescreen to add the Google Search widget if you don’t have it already.