Sesame Search & Shortcuts

Sesame is a powerful universal search on Android. It integrates with your launcher, learns from you, and makes hundreds of personal shortcuts. With Sesame universal search, everything is 1 or 2 taps away!

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• 100+ shortcuts added to your device

• Fully customizable search UI

• Learns from you

• Search with dozens of apps using Google Autosuggestions

• Fast Search that's designed to work in 1 or 2 taps. It matches the first letters of words. Typing “S” “B” will bring “

potify: The

eatles” to the top. Since it learns from you, next time just “S” will do

• API integrations to Spotify, YouTube, Calendar, Maps, Slack, Reddit, Telegram and more

• Detects wallpaper colors and styles itself

• Search device files

• Powerful tools to make your own shortcuts

• Works with all launchers and has a special partnership with Nova & Hyperion Launchers

• We don't store or sell your data

• Unlimited free trial. Only pay if you decide it's worth it!

• Swiping, tapping, and waiting for screens to load is slow

• A universal search UI can fix this problem

• Android was always meant to be an open system

• The raw data to build the most powerful universal search is there, but no one has stitched it together into a smooth experience

• Respecting user data = long term success. Your data stays on your device. We don’t store it. We don't sell it. (see exceptions for bug fixing below)

• We make money by making a good product. Sesame is a 100% voluntary purchase

• In user centered development: www.reddit.com/r/sesame

• Contacts with one touch to call, text, or email

• Device files

• WhatsApp conversations (not group ones though)

• Settings (19 useful ones)

• Google Shortcuts (My flights, etc.)

• Yelp (42 common searches)

• Quick Search options for apps (control this in Preferences)

• Backported all the way to 5.0 devices

• NOTE: we can only access the "Dynamic" 7.1 shortcuts if you have Nova Launcher

• Spotify: All albums, artists, and playlists in your Library

• Slack: your teams and channels

• Tasker: all your tasks. This let’s you build complex actions in Tasker and quick launch them easily.

• Reddit: your subreddits. Works for all Reddit apps.

• Telegram: you conversations

• YouTube: subscriptions, channels, watch later

• Calendar: upcoming events

• Maps: your places and saved maps

• Search options and Google Autosuggestions appear as you type

• Tap an icon to launch your search

• This works for dozens of apps like Maps, Spotify, Netflix, Evernote, Chrome, DuckDuckGo and more

• Recent searches are saved as shortcuts for 21 days

• You can control all of this in Sesame Settings

• Sesame has a full featured unlimited trial

• After 14 days, if you are using the app but haven’t paid, you’ll see a brief message each time you use a shortcut

• Sesame needs data to make it's shortcuts, but none of this data leaves your device. We do not collect or sell your data

• Crash Reporting (Beta only): If you are a Beta tester, Sesame will collect crash data when an error occurs. We only use this to fix bugs. You can opt out of crash reporting in Sesame Settings > Debug data

Sesame Universal Search is made by Steve Blackwell and Phil Wall. We hope you like it. Let us know if there’s anything we can do to improve it :)

Email phil@sesame.ninja