Google Improves Performance of its Search App for iOS

Google has updated its iOS app with speed improvements, a tweaked look, and an optional voice search via gesture.

Get the most advanced Google search experience for your iPhone, now with Google Goggles, Voice Search and My Location.

GOOGLE GOGGLES
* Search by taking a picture with your iPhone camera.
* Image recognition technology recognizes objects and returns relevant search results.
* Good at identifying barcodes, products, famous landmarks, storefronts, artwork, business cards and print ads.
* New! Translates text in 6 languages and solves Sudoku puzzles.


VOICE SEARCH
* Search by speaking into your iPhone.
* Just bring the phone to your ear, wait for the tone and speak your query.
* Supports American, British, Indian, Australian or South African English accents, Afrikaans, Cantonese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Zulu.

MY LOCATION
* See results customized to where you are (e.g. ‘weather’).
* Find places nearby without needing to type your current location (e.g. ‘pizza’ or ‘movies’).

MORE FEATURES
* Google Suggest: get search suggestions as you type, saving you keystrokes.
* URL suggestions: navigate to popular web sites quickly by tapping site web address suggestions.
* Search history: instant access to your previous searches.
* Contact search: quickly find contacts in your address book.
* Easy access to other Google products: launch products like Maps, Gmail and Voice from the Apps tab.

What's New In This Version:
Speed improvements:
- App is more responsive and launches faster.


Look & Feel:
- Bigger fonts.
- Tappable search results!

Other changes:
- Voice search via gesture optional. Can be turned on via settings.

- Minor bug fixes.

You can download Google Search from the App Store for free.

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