Google’s most advanced voice search has arrived on iOS

I have been trying this for the past few hours and it is incredibly fast, incredibly accurate and incredibly flexible. Seriously, incredible. Bye bye Siri for searching.

When you have a question, finding the answer should be effortless—wherever you are and whatever device you’re using. The new Google Search app for iPhone and iPad helps you to do just that with enhanced voice search that answers any question with the comprehensive Google search results you know and love.

Fast and accurate voice recognition technology enables Google to understand exactly what you’re saying. Getting an answer is as simple as tapping on the microphone icon and asking a question like, “Is United Airlines flight 318 on time?” Your words appear as you speak, you get your answer immediately and—if it’s short and quick, like the status and departure time of your flight—Google tells you the answer aloud.

You can get answers to an increasingly wide variety of questions thanks to Knowledge Graph, which gives our search technology an understanding of people, places and things in the real world. Here are a few of the questions that Google can answer:

“What does Yankee Stadium look like?” Google will show you hundreds of pictures instantly.
“Play me a trailer of the upcoming James Bond movie.” The trailer starts playing immediately right within Google Search.

“When does daylight savings time end?” The answer will appear above the search results, so you can set your clock without having to click on a link.

 “Who’s in the cast of The Office?” See a complete cast list and find out who made you crack up last night.

Comments

[Statto]

This is seriously impressive - bear in mind I also have an iphone 4 and don't have Siri, but in comparison to Siri on my daughter's 4S, this is way better.

[Donald Stidwell]

Oh my - Siri is in serious trouble. Apple only wishes she were this good. Agree with Simon - it's seriously impressive. Blow your socks off impressive.

[Gavin]

Siri is fine. This is great for searching but Siri is useful for me as my PA. Siri talks back, changes appointments, moves things etc

Combine both , now that would be awesome.

[Jaam Gans]

Does look seriously awesome, but doesn't work quite as well with my accent.

[David S.]

I'm very impressed with this, very fast and accurate