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Lifehacker reports thatGoogle's new Voice-Enabled Search application is now live in the App Store (sort of).
The new application is actually an update to Google's existing Google Mobile Application that is alreadyavailable in the App Store. The version update adds Voice-Enabled search which was widely reported last week.
Users of the free application .... can place the phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, like Wheres the nearestStarbucks? or How tall is Mount Everest? The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Googles servers, which try to determine the words spoken andpass them along to the Google search engine.
While the new version has not yet propagated to the App Store's update notificationservice, when users download the application, they are given the new version. iPhone users who already have the Google Mobile Application installed will haveto delete the application and re-download it to get the new version at this time.
EDIT: Just checked and the download is now available
The new application is actually an update to Google's existing Google Mobile Application that is alreadyavailable in the App Store. The version update adds Voice-Enabled search which was widely reported last week.
Users of the free application .... can place the phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, like Wheres the nearestStarbucks? or How tall is Mount Everest? The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Googles servers, which try to determine the words spoken andpass them along to the Google search engine.
While the new version has not yet propagated to the App Store's update notificationservice, when users download the application, they are given the new version. iPhone users who already have the Google Mobile Application installed will haveto delete the application and re-download it to get the new version at this time.
EDIT: Just checked and the download is now available