Yeah, it sucks that the Search button got removed in the EVOLTE. I used it a lot to launch Voice Search on my OG EVO. Hopefully there will be a custom rom that will allow us to hold down the Home key to launch it, or even better, reassign the camera shutter button to launch any app, including Voice Search.
I know you can use a third party launcher like Nova Launcher which can give you various ways to easily launch Voice Search, such as:
- Adding the Voice Search icon to the dock.
- Assigning the "Home" button to launch Voice Search (tap once to bring up the main Home screen, and tap it again to launch Voice Search).
- Or you can set it up to launch via finger gestures, such as a one or two finger swipe going upwards or downwards. (The gesture feature is only in the paid version.)