Google Voice Search for iPhone arrives

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By Benny Har-Even
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Star Trek-like interaction with your iPhone now possible as delayed app finally puts in an appearance.

The update to Google's Mobile App for the iPhone that adds voice activated searching is now available on the iPhone App Store.

The update was expected to appear last Friday, after being announced earlier last week by Google, but Apple vets every application that appears on its App store and it was seemingly delayed in the queue.

The voice search function of the tool needs to be activated in the settings option and the instructions say that it only works in English and is geared towards a North American accent. IT PRO's attempts to test the application came to naught as it crashed every time we tried to launch it, a first for an application on our test iPhone.

Google has more information and a video of people more successfully using the app on its official blog.

Benny Har-Even
Benny Har-Even

Benny Har-Even is a twenty-year stalwart of technology journalism who is passionate about all areas of the industry, but telecoms and mobile and home entertainment are among his chief interests. He has written for many of the leading tech publications in the UK, such as PC Pro and Wired, and previously held the position of technology editor at ITPro before regularly contributing as a freelancer.

Known affectionately as a ‘geek’ to his friends, his passion has seen him land opportunities to speak about technology on BBC television broadcasts, as well as a number of speaking engagements at industry events.