Google Essentials is a “new app that makes it easier for you to discover and install” Google’s first-party services on Windows.
Google Essentials lets you “discover and install” Google apps like Play Games, Google Photos, and Google Messages, while Quick Share appears on the cover image but is oddly not mentioned in the blog. This should carry over to the Play Games app for PC, Google Drive for desktop, and the messages.google.com PWA.
The app also offers (web) links to Google Docs, Drive and Calendar, as well as a 2-month Google One 100 GB offer for eligible users.
Google Essentials is coming first to “all HP Windows consumer and gaming brands: Spectre, Envy, Pavilion, OMEN, Victus, and HP Brand, and will soon be available on all OmniBook brands.” When Quick Share (formerly Nearby Share) became available for Windows last July, Google said it was working with OEMs to pre-install it. HP was the named partner.
You can uninstall Google Essentials and these other Google apps.
You can open Google Essentials directly from the Start menu and easily switch between your phone and laptop.
Google will expand the Essentials app to “more laptops and desktops” in the coming months. There is no standalone download link available and the interface was not detailed today.
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