diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx
index bee57d21b2531722e0988b2227de6bdc6cf15f4a..13c525a3d88eaeddeb845bbad6b59e2f4ae7ba72 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ function AboutVersionSection() {
   return (
     <>
       <SettingsRow
+        id={searchableSetting("app-version").id}
         title={<AboutVersionTitle />}
         description={description}
         control={
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ function AboutVersionSection() {
       />
       {hasDesktopBridge ? (
         <SettingsRow
-          title="Update track"
+          {...searchableSetting("update-track")}
           description="Use stable releases or nightly builds. Switch back anytime."
           control={
             <Select
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ function AboutVersionSection() {
         />
       ) : selectedHostedAppChannel ? (
         <SettingsRow
-          title="Update track"
+          {...searchableSetting("update-track")}
           description="Switches the hosted app release channel."
           control={
             <Select
@@ -3345,6 +3346,7 @@ export function GeneralSettingsPanel() {
         ) : (
           <>
             <SettingsRow
+              id={searchableSetting("app-version").id}
               title={<AboutVersionTitle />}
               description="Current version of the application."
             />
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts
index 17bc6407d14b3aeaeac2f3d35799cfbae02c6a90..2fd5707164b3cf43825ef3ce28f079e1aa665328 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ describe("searchSettings", () => {
     expect(SETTINGS_SEARCH_ITEMS.some((item) => item.id === "quit-confirmation")).toBe(true);
     expect(searchSettings("hold to quit")).toEqual([]);
     expect(searchSettings("wsl")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(searchSettings("update track")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("finds the About update rows", () => {
+    expect(searchSettings("check for updates").map((item) => item.id)).toContain("app-version");
+    expect(SETTINGS_SEARCH_ITEMS.find((item) => item.id === "update-track")).toMatchObject({
+      title: "Update track",
+      to: "/settings/general",
+      releaseChannelOnly: true,
+    });
   });
 
   it("hides macOS-only settings on other platforms", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
index aff52adeb1550f6e7732effb0ee95be84bcd2551..c23eeb8fdf061f4d764fd903e12d9e5fe6122fcc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { HOSTED_APP_CHANNEL } from "~/branding";
 import { isElectron } from "~/env";
 import { isMacPlatform, isWindowsPlatform, normalizeSearchText } from "~/lib/utils";
 import { STATIC_KEYBINDING_COMMANDS, type KeybindingCommand } from "@t3tools/contracts";
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ export interface SettingsSearchItem {
   // Its row only renders on Windows desktop, so other desktop platforms must
   // not expose a result that points to a missing anchor.
   readonly windowsOnly?: boolean;
+  // Its row renders only where the release channel can change: the desktop
+  // app, or a hosted web build deployed with a channel.
+  readonly releaseChannelOnly?: boolean;
   readonly cloudOnly?: boolean;
   readonly environmentOnly?: boolean;
   readonly providerSettingsOnly?: boolean;
@@ -520,6 +524,19 @@ export const SETTINGS_SEARCH_ITEMS = [
     scope: "project-defaults",
     searchTerms: ["generated thread titles source control content default provider"],
   },
+  {
+    id: "app-version",
+    title: "Version",
+    to: "/settings/general",
+    searchTerms: ["about check for updates download install upgrade release"],
+  },
+  {
+    id: "update-track",
+    title: "Update track",
+    to: "/settings/general",
+    searchTerms: ["release channel stable latest nightly prerelease"],
+    releaseChannelOnly: true,
+  },
   {
     id: "cli-command",
     title: "t3 command",
@@ -1094,6 +1111,7 @@ export function searchSettings(
   return items
     .flatMap((item, index) => {
       if (!isElectron && item.desktopOnly === true) return [];
+      if (item.releaseChannelOnly && !isElectron && HOSTED_APP_CHANNEL === null) return [];
       if (item.macOnly && !isMacPlatform(platform)) return [];
       if (item.windowsOnly && !isWindowsPlatform(platform)) return [];