Google has announced that Chrome users, among others to access voice search, a feature that was previously only on smartphones was available. Also, it has the internet business the mobile-zoekfeatures refreshed.
The English Google site will get first access to voice search via a microphone button, users can voice commands turn on and their search say. Google has built in Chrome 11 is already a button for the Translate service where users text in.
In addition, the search provider, a button that users images can be uploaded, and then Google tries to find out what is in the picture. This feature comes in 40 different countries, and there are plug-ins for Chrome and Firefox that allows users with right-click Google able to figure out what an image is. The plaatjesdienst is derived from the Goggles application Google for smartphones has made: thus, users can take a photo with the phone in which the app tries to figure out what is there.
Further renews Google’s Instant feature, which was introduced last year. In addition to the display of search results while the user types, with Instant Pages, the first search result already in the background loaded. When the user clicks the first search result is selected, the site instantly displayed without even needing to be rendered. Instant Pages will be available in the next beta release of the Chrome browser.
For cell phones out there on the search page of buttons which in places such as restaurants, koffiezaken or cafes are searched. Then, the found results are displayed on a map, and reviews and phone numbers shown. Such a feature was already available through a separate application, called Places. The map remains on the screen while the user scroll the search results, making the found places are always visible on the map.
Finally, it should be easier to be on smartphones for complex searches. Users with a new ‘plus’button, the search suggestions that Google Instant during the types of displays to add to a search query, then continue typing until the entire search on the screen. The new functionality for smartphones is available for Android versions 2.2 and higher, and iOS devices version 4.0 or later to run.