Google Mobile App For iOS devices Receives Major Overhaul, Renamed and Adds New Features
3/16/2011 05:35:00 PM - 0 comments
The Internet search giant Google has already launched the latest version and completely redesigned Google Mobile app for Apple’s iOS devices. This is a massive update; the company even changed the name of their app to Google Search app. And aside from getting a new name, the new Google Search features a complete revamped User Interface along with the new and improved fast-app switching and more.
The new Google Search app features an enhanced toolbar, Voice Search, Search with My Location, Google Goggles, Gmail unread counts, quicker access to the search bar, and a lot more. Google’s Software Engineer Alastair Tse and Product Manager Robert Hamilton provide detail information regarding the new features and improvements on the new Google Search app:
“…you’ll see that there are now more ways to interact with the app. When browsing through search results or looking at a webpage, you can swipe down to see the search bar or change your settings. For those who use other Google apps, there’s an Apps button at the bottom of the screen for rapid access to the mobile versions of our products.”
GOOGLE GOGGLES
• Search by taking a picture with your iPhone camera.
• Image recognition technology recognizes objects and returns relevant search results.
• Good at identifying barcodes, products, famous landmarks, storefronts, artwork, business cards and print ads.
• New! Translates text in 6 languages and solves Sudoku puzzles.
VOICE SEARCH
• Search by speaking into your iPhone.
• Just bring the phone to your ear, wait for the tone and speak your query.
• Supports American, British, Indian, Australian or South African English accents, Afrikaans, Cantonese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Zulu.
MY LOCATION
• See results customized to where you are (e.g. ‘weather’).
• Find places nearby without needing to type your current location (e.g. ‘pizza’ or ‘movies’).
MORE FEATURES
• Google Suggest: get search suggestions as you type, saving you keystrokes.
• URL suggestions: navigate to popular web sites quickly by tapping site web address suggestions.
• Search history: instant access to your previous searches.
• Contact search: quickly find contacts in your address book.
• Easy access to other Google products: launch products like Maps, Gmail and Voice from the Apps tab.
You can download Google Search app in iTunes App Store using this iTunes link and it is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users. You can checkout the demo video of Google Search app below:
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