Google introduces Essentials app for Windows PCs

You can open Google Essentials from start menu and switch between your phone and laptop
An undated image of Google Essential apps. — Google/The Keyword
An undated image of Google Essential apps. — Google/The Keyword

Google Essentials, is a new app that makes it simpler for you to find and download numerous best Google services — Google Play Games — when setting up a new personal computer (PC).

Google Essentials is set to be first available on all Hewlett-Packard (HP) Windows consumer and gaming companies, including Spectre, Envy, Pavilion, OMEN, Victus and HP Brand and soon to be featured on all OmniBook brands.

You can open Google Essentials from the start menu and switch between your phone and laptop.

For example, from Google Essentials or HP’s OMEN Gaming Hub, you can access thousands of mobile and native PC games from Google Play Games, like Clash of Clans and CookieRun: Tower of Adventures. Signing in to your Play Games account lets you sync your in-game progress and reward benefits for certain titles, so you can collect things back up whether you’re on an Android device or PC.

Moreover, you can access Google Photos and Google Messages from Google Essentials, making it simpler to enjoy your photo albums and respond to texts from friends and family. For those times when you require to get tasks done, Google Essentials involves shortcuts to the Google’s popular productivity tools — like Google Docs, Drive, and Calendar.

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In addition, eligible Google One subscribers can get access to a two-months trial of Google One 100GB for their cloud storage needs, on us.

You can uninstall any Google service — or Google Essentials altogether — at any time. The company said to extend Google Essentials to more laptops and desktops soon.

One of the machines that will be targeted by Google Essentials is the 17.3-inch HP Omen with Intel Core i9-13900HX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080, along with 64 GB DDR 5 and a 4 TB SSD, which currently goes for no less than $3,189.99 on Amazon.