Voicesearch Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Google: Voice Search coming to Chrome for iOS soon

by Steven Sande (May 23rd, 2013)

Yesterday TUAW showed you how voice search on Chrome for Mac has improved, now providing eerily Siri-like functionality in Google Search. According to a post yesterday on the Google Chrome Blog, the next target for voice search is iOS -- and we should see the update in just a few days. The update ...

Google Chrome update adds a bit of Siri to OS X

by Steven Sande (May 22nd, 2013)

Google's Chrome browser for OS X has had the ability to do voice search for about two years now, but the latest version of Chrome appears to bring something a bit more Siri-like to the mix. Now, when you ask Google certain questions about the weather, sports scores, stock prices, directions and ...

Google Now added to search app on iPhone, iPad

by Steven Sande (Apr 29th, 2013)

Google has updated its search app for iOS to version 3, adding a tool that until this point was available only on devices running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or better -- Google Now. Now adds some impressive features to your device. As Google notes, it adds "the right information, at just the right ...

Siri vs. Google Voice Search: may the best robot helper win

by Mel Martin (Nov 1st, 2012)

Google released an update to its free search app that includes much better voice searching. It offers a challenge to Siri in terms of speed and search capability, although there are points of comparison and there are differences as well. First, I have to say, Google Voice Search is fast. Very ...