Comments on: Google Search app for iOS gets Siri-like voice features

By: Charry Wayne

Charry Wayne — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:26:00 +0000

Interesting but still won’t “do email.” We need true email inbox management that’s eyes-free and hands-free. Found a smartphone app called Talkler —billed as “email for your ears.” It’s a free smartphone app that’s voice-controlled, and reads your emails aloud to you.

By: Rey Manuel Calda

Rey Manuel Calda — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:15:00 +0000

There’s no doubt that these new features could impress a lot of of you but I discover this cool smartphone app called Talker that’s eyes-free and hands-free and safe for the road. It’s a free smartphone app that’s voice-controlled, and reads your emails aloud to you. Cool!

By: Hash Brown Bannana Boat

Hash Brown Bannana Boat — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:39:00 +0000

lol i was just about to make the same comment

By: Danielo

Danielo — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:22:00 +0000

I can use google search in more devices than siri, like on the ipad2.

By: pepee63

pepee63 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:29:00 +0000

Apple wouldn’t allow google now, cause it would make Siri look like shit. They already did a test and found out that Siri is twice as likely to give the wrong information compared to the google one. Poor apple users have to keep getting the crap version of everything. Maps, cameras and now the voice thing. Let’s not forget the crummy build of iPhone 5 as well. Ha ha, and you pay to dollar for it as well.

By: r

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:10:00 +0000

First provide Google now search for Android devices (Gingerbread) LOL…. then think for other devices

By: Brian Spoonemore

Brian Spoonemore — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:38:00 +0000

I was already a fan of the Google Search app on my iPhone 5. I performed several searches with Siri and with Google Search. GS definitely ended up being more helpful than Siri and faster too. For example, when asking ‘where is Kathmandu’ Google informed me it was in Nepal and threw up a map and some helpful links, while Siri showed me a map location listing the Nepalese zone where the city is located but failing to note the country. This isn’t terribly surprising; I’d expect nothing less from the first name in search.

Siri excels at initiating phone calls or sending texts while I’m driving, setting alarms and reminders and other phone tasks. With simple searches (how old is Cher) that reference Wolfram Alpha or similar, it’s quite prompt. Google Search will definitely remain my go-to search app, however. But…with William Stasior now heading the Siri unit I have high hopes that Siri will soon be just as helpful when it comes to providing information I want quickly about the world around me.

By: n11

n11 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:31:00 +0000

Google now is pretty fancy, though I rarely use it on my GN.
I can see a certain side in you Britt.

By: Dasith Sean Wijesiriwardena

Dasith Sean Wijesiriwardena — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:14:00 +0000

it’s not Google now.

By: Brad Allison

Brad Allison — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:32:00 +0000

So my iPhone has Google Now but not my Android phone running ICS. What is wrong with this picture?