Google Mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch has been updated. The update which takes the app version number to 0.4.5.3281 brings voice search awesomeness for iPod Touch 2G or higher. Besides this impressive addition, it also brings its fair share of fixes and improvements which are listed after the jump.
Google Mobile for iPhone 0.4.5.3281 features
Here is what you will be getting by downloading the latest update:
- Add support for Search by Voice for iPod touch (2G or newer).
- Improved stability when using Voice Search on restrictive networks.
- Fix crashes when searching for @.
- Fix pasting into search box.
- Improvements to Search by Voice completion detection.
Just to refresh your memory, here are the general features of the app
- Search by voice – speak your queries in American, British, Indian or Australian English accents, also supports Mandarin Chinese and Japanese
- Just talk – Simply hold your iPhone to your ear and say your query
- My Location – avoid typing your current location when searching for nearby businesses (e.g. “pizza” or “starbucks”)
- Google Suggest – tap suggested web search queries and local businesses that appear as you type
- Search history – quickly search again for queries you recently performed
- Contact search – search your phone’s contacts.
- Vertical search – search Google Maps, Images, News, and Shopping.
To use this app, you need to have iPhone or iPod Touch running on iPhone 3.0 or higher.
I can say without any doubts that iPod Touch users will be excited about this latest update since it brings the cool voice search feature. Am I right ? Let me know using the comments power vested in you.
Download Google Mobile for iPhone and iPod Touch
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