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09/08/2012

Google Search app for iPad and iPhone adds voice-based answers, available in the 'next couple of days'

Google Search app for iPad and iPhone adds voice-based answers, available in the 'next couple of days': voice search






Google has updated its search app for iOS to include voice-based questions and answers. You can "ask for the weather in a natural way" and it will provide results. It mirrors the functionality already introduced for Android 4.1 and, in many ways, the functionality of Siri. The interface is clean, matching Google's open white-space aesthetic with some swooping animations for bringing up the voice search button.
The results are, in fact, pretty much identical to what we used in Jelly Bean — including contextual awareness of where you are and what sort of thing you are searching for. However, the results are straight search results, not the "cards" interface on Google Now. Clicking a result will open the web page in a Chrome-like new tab...
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