Search engines run in the background.

For a long time, we have been using search engines like this:

1 You type in the first query, the Google Algorithm does its little magic, and you get a response. If you don’t like the outcome, you start the same process. You type in a second independent revised query. Again the Google algorithm does its magic, and you get a new response.

2 But now, let the Google algorithm learn from the first query – so it’s becoming a compound query, meaning it combines more than one component query into a single SQL statement via a set operator. In our first example, let the algorithm know that we are on a smartphone with GPS enabled. That’s not a big deal in 2020.

Today, your smartphone has a built-in superpower. It has sensors and knows if you are walking, running, or driving. It knows where it is, where you have been, and who your friends are. The system manages the complexity in the background. The user experience is seamless.