iOS Gets Google Search App With Siri Like Voice Capabilities

Google has introduced voice search to it’s Google Search app for iPhone and iPad which until now was found only on its Android counterpart, it  gives users an alternative to Apple’s native voice assistant Siri.

The voice search inherits features from Google Now including the look, sounds and a voice assistant that reads the search results back, the new voice search feature aims to better recognize the context and intent of the searches while providing “the comprehensive Google search results you know and love,” according to  the Google Blog post announcing the feature.

“You can get answers to an increasingly wide variety of questions thanks to Knowledge Graph, which gives our search technology an understanding of people, places and things in the real world. Here are a few of the questions that Google can answer:

  • “What does Yankee Stadium look like?” Google will show you hundreds of pictures instantly.
  • “Play me a trailer of the upcoming James Bond movie.” The trailer starts playing immediately right within Google Search. 
  • “When does daylight savings time end?” The answer will appear above the search results, so you can set your clock without having to click on a link. 
  •  “Who’s in the cast of The Office?” See a complete cast list and find out who made you crack up last night.” adds the blog post.
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