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Google Mobile App Adds Search by Voice & My Location

by Ronen Halevy on Mar 25th, 2009 at 1:36 pm EST
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googlesearch Paul let me know that Google just added some new features to their Mobile App. The new version brings voice search and searches based on “My Location” which uses cell towers for your location. Pretty cool for a free application and definitely ups the usefulness of the app. On the other hand the app really started to get bloated at 600Kb+.

You can pick up the app free at m.google.com/search

via Google Mobile Blog via LifeHacker

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21 Comments to “Google Mobile App Adds Search by Voice & My Location”

  1. Posted by: Nikolaus Walch
    March 25, 2009 at 1:51 pm EST

    Cool! Nice catch!!

  2. Posted by: _Paul_
    March 25, 2009 at 2:02 pm EST

    The voice search is surprisingly efficient! I set my left side convenience key to open the search and then I can just say a restaurant and it searches! Awesome for searching while driving

  3. Posted by: Kyle
    March 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm EST

    Amazingly accurate. This is a wonderful addition.

  4. Posted by: ShvartzBerry
    March 25, 2009 at 3:13 pm EST

    After installing and attempting the voice search, I got an error screen saying Try Restarting Google Mobile App. Of course, even when I exit, it is still running in the background so there is no way to actually restart it except…. rebooting! But that didn’t help either.
    Verizon 8330 Curve – anyone having similar difficulty?

    • Posted by: LawTownPoPo
      March 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm EST

      VZW BlackBerry 8330 4.5.0.77
      same problem
      when holding down the green phone i get a popup “Try restarting Google Mobile App” even when I tried the left conv key
      I “EXIT” and restart Google Mobile App and get the same, and then on a reboot, same
      I don’t have the GPS but the My Location shows the proper ZIP

      • Posted by: LawTownPoPo
        March 25, 2009 at 11:07 pm EST

        VZW BlackBerry 8330 4.5.0.77
        OK NOW…..
        I happen to leave the Google Mobile App open with the curser in the text search field, I saw that it was communicating, I tried the “search by voice”
        IT WORKS..
        I guess we just have to wait a bit

    • Posted by: Sturg
      April 12, 2009 at 2:59 am EST

      I have BB 8330, Verizon. Before I upgraded my OS to 4.5, voice search worked great. After the upgrade, it stopped working. I have tried every suggestion without success. Too bad, I love the app when it functioned properly.

  5. Posted by: perry valton
    March 25, 2009 at 4:01 pm EST

    voice search it not working when using wifi only.

  6. Posted by: AdamG
    March 25, 2009 at 4:29 pm EST

    Wi fi only prob not working becaue it searches cell towers for location. Turn location off in settings.

  7. Posted by: denim vest
    March 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm EST

    I wish there was a google app for the storm and if there is I can’t find it…

  8. Posted by: ShvartzBerry
    March 25, 2009 at 4:39 pm EST

    According to the comments on the Google Mobile blog, it might work to use this address to access the jad directly:
    http://m.google.com/m/download/googlemobileapp/apps/3.3.38/L1/BlackBerry-42/GoogleSearch.jad?dc=gorganic

  9. Posted by: automan69
    March 25, 2009 at 6:01 pm EST

    Getting the same Error (try restart google app) curve 8330 Telus. Hope it will be fixed soon.

  10. Posted by: Xandrex
    March 25, 2009 at 6:47 pm EST

    those two features are not available for Storm devices yet…

  11. Posted by: jessica
    March 25, 2009 at 10:23 pm EST

    I am a verizon 8330 curve user and I am getting the same error popup that other people are getting. Even when I reboot, it still says the same thing :(

  12. Posted by: Parabola
    March 25, 2009 at 10:53 pm EST

    Working great on Bell 8330 (4.5.0.131).

  13. Posted by: Nikolaus Walch
    March 26, 2009 at 3:20 pm EST

    Can ANYONE tell me what the “Google Domain” field for under Options. Please and thanks!

  14. Posted by: automan69
    March 27, 2009 at 12:04 am EST

    Ok I got this to work on my 8330 curve, telus. What I did is updated my os from .77 to .131 and then dl google again….Bam it works great. Hope this help out.

  15. Posted by: brett.freeman
    April 12, 2009 at 12:19 pm EST

    Carrier: Verizon
    Model: 8330
    OS: .77

    I tried everyting on this thread to no avail. I then deleted google mobile app and google maps, upgraded my os to .131, reinstalled google mobile app and all is functioning as expected now….slick stuff. Then reinstalled google maps, got the interprocess comm error. Rebooted (either method) and confirmed all still functioning as expected.

    For the upgrade I used the instructions at: http://forum.eveek.com/blackberry-curve-8300/5872-latest-os-8330-4-5-0-188-4-5-0-131-multilanguage.html

    Hope this works for some/all….good luck!

    -Brett Freeman

  16. Posted by: ShvartzBerry
    April 21, 2009 at 1:25 pm EST

    I just upgraded to 4.5.0.138 from here: http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/19/8330-os-450138-officially-released-by-telus-mobility/
    And now the voice search works!!
    Hooray!