Mobile search

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title: Mobile search
description: Learn how to use global search to find information within search sources configured for your mobile apps.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/mobile/sg-mobile-search.html
release: australia
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Using the mobile apps, Mobile Platform]
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# Mobile search

Learn how to use global search to find information within search sources configured for your mobile apps.

ServiceNow apps have several configurable ways to search to help you find what you need, to get work done on your mobile device.

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Text search

 Use search in the launcher screen header to quickly find information within the defined search sources while on your mobile device.

 Your administrator can configure global search within a launcher screen header and define a set of tables that can be searched through. For details on how an administrator can configure global search, see [Enable global search in your screen launcher](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/sg-configure-alp-search.md).

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\[Omitted image "voice-search-1.png"\] Alt text: Launcher screen with search bar and voice search button

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\[Omitted image "voice-search.png"\] Alt text: Voice search screen

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Voice search

 If enabled by your administrator, you can tap to talk on the microphone icon \(\[Omitted image "search-mic.png"\] Alt text: Search icon\) to the right of the search bar. You can then speak to your device and your voice is captured as search text. For details on how an administrator can configure voice search, see [Enable voice search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/turn-on-voice-search.md).

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Photo search

 If enabled by your administrator, you can tap on the camera icon \(\[Omitted image "sg-icon-image-search.png"\] Alt text: Photo search icon\) to the right of the search bar to perform image-based searches. For details on how an administrator can configure photo search, see [Mobile photo search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/sg-mobile-image-search.md).

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\[Omitted image "photo-search-2.png"\] Alt text: Photo search screen

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