Users of the Google Mobile App will have noticed when they plugged their iPhones in to their computers today that there is an update for the application. Voice searching is now a feature of Google’s iPhone application and I think it’s very impressive.
Although, I still think there’s some work to be done — I tried searching ‘Mactropolis’ and got ‘metropolis’, and I also tried ‘Ricky Gervais’ and got ‘wiki designs’. Maybe it’s because I have a British accent?
Another impressive element is the ‘location-aware’ searching. Say something like ‘McDonald’s’, and Google will automatically return results for a McDonald’s in your current location!
The layout of the application has also changed. It now features an ‘apps’ section, which can be re-arranged, and there are also more preferences that allow you to setup the app to better suit your needs.
Apple has just recently passed Google in market value.
