Google unveils Google Now, updates Android voice search with Siri-like features

By Zach Epstein on 27th June 2012

During the company’s Google I/O developer conference on Wednesday, Google announced updates to Android search that brings Siri-like functionality to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-powered smartphones. Users with phones running Jelly Bean will be able to speak questions rather than just search terms and Android will return answers to those questions. The new functionality presents users with spoken information just as Apple’s Siri solution does, removing the need to spend time looking through Web search results and clicking through websites. *

Google Now was also unveiled on Wednesday, which uses search history and navigation history to present users with information that is custom-tailored to their needs. For example, Google Now will learn a user’s commute and and monitor data that might be useful. So, for example, when a user arrives at the train station each morning, Android 4.1 will inform them of when their next train is scheduled to arrive.

Source: BGR


* = This feature will be able to demonstrate the full power of .tel domains.

TelTalk wrote:* = This feature will be able to demonstrate the full power of .tel domains.

Has there been a commitment (see the Roadmap - only a joke !) from Telnic to develop such an Android voice interface for .tel - I assume the developer's kit has been available from Google for some time for those willing to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement ?

http://MikeSeaton.tel