Google Rolls Out Search App Redesign For Android Lollipop Devices

Google announced today it is rolling out a redesign of its Search App for Android devices running on the Lollipop OS. Along with the “…bold colors, fluid animations and simplified layouts” of the new material design, Google says the updated app allows Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Galaxy…

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Gmail Messages Now Showing Up In Google Searches

Since Google released its new Gmail “Inbox” feature last week, TheAndroidSoul.com reports that Gmail users can now get to their Gmail Inbox by doing a Google Now or web search. According to TheAndroidSoul.com, the following search terms resulted in Gmail showing up in search results: my…

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Google (Now) Beats Siri And Cortana For Direct Answers — Study

Stone Temple Consulting (STC) published a study in which it compared mobile answers to “3086 different queries” on Siri, Google and Cortana to determine how each performed relative to the others. Google was the winner with more direct answers and more complete information. Eric Enge who…

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Google Now Lets Travelers Know When Flight Prices Drop

  Google is helping travelers save money with a new Now card that tells users when a price has dropped on a flight. According to this Google+ post, you can tap the card to display the Flight Search info and book your trip from there. It only works if you’ve searched Google Flights on the…

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Google Pushes Back Against EU Publisher PR Offensive

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took to the Google Europe Blog this weekend to defend his company against a Europe-wide ad campaign that asserts Google has abused its dominant market position in search. It’s essentially a public appeal on the same terms being argued to the European…

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Google “Knowledge Vault” To Power Future Of Search

Google’s Knowledge Graph is being used to supply increasing amounts of structured content in PC and mobile search results. It’s part of an evolution that began with “universal search” and accelerated with the requirement for “answers not links” in mobile. Now…

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Google Now Offers Alternative Flights On Delayed Or Cancelled Flights

The Android Community reports a two new features added to Google Now. The main new feature is that Google will suggest alternative flights or options when your flight is delayed or cancelled. If Google detects your flight is delayed or cancelled, Google “can suggest alternate routes or…

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Life With Cortana, Microsoft’s Predictive Search Challenger To Google Now & Siri

Microsoft’s new predictive search agent Cortana is finally becoming available to the general public. How does it compare to longstanding champion Google Now? After months of using them both, it’s no contest. Google Now easily wins, in my daily life. But Cortana does gives Microsoft an…

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Google Updates iOS Search App To Include “Smarter” Voice Search Cues & Customized Alerts

The Apple-focused website 9to5Mac.com reported today that Google’s iOS Search app has been updated to version 4.0, with new voice search cues and customized alerts from Google Now. With the updates, the app’s new voice search cues offer more conversational-styled search queries….

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Google In-Store & Location-Aware Product Reminders Now In Google Now For Android

Yesterday, as expected, Google announced on Google+ that the location-aware, in-store product reminders are now built into the latest version of Google Now on your Android Google Search App. Google said “if you’re out and about and near a store that carries those boots, you might see a Google…

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Indoor Maps & Mall Directories Come To Google Now For Android

As we reported last week, similar to the offline Google Now cards, Google has made indoor maps within the Android Search App’s Google Now cards live. Google Indoor Maps was introduced in 2011 for select malls and shopping centers. Now, if you are using the latest Google Search App on Android,…

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Not Just Parking: Google Now With Offline Cards, Indoor Maps, Shopping Reminders

Earlier today Barry Schwartz wrote that the updated Google Search App for Android will now help you locate your car in a parking lot or on the street. The feature shows you a map and points you in the right direction back to your vehicle. But wait, there’s more. We’ve learned that this…

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Google Search App Adds Reminders For Where You Parked Your Car

Android Authority reports Google’s latest update to the Android version of the Google Search App has a new feature to remember where you parked your car and then give you directions on how to go back to that location. Parking at large venues, malls, or big cities, can often get confusing at…

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Rumor: Google To Broadly Expand “OK Google” Voice Actions

According to Android Police Google is preparing a broad expansion of voice actions beyond its search app. The report describes this initiative as “OK Google Everywhere.” Voice actions would extend to other Google apps (e.g., mail, photos) and would also be contextually specific, taking…

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