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In July last year extended Google search application for Android 4.1 and higher with Google Now, a service by using different cards to provide the user with information the user may need on the spot, without the user, in principle, have to do anything but open Search app.

practice depends Google Now of data the user has already shared with Google. This may include such things as calendar entries, Gmail content, web history for search position for home and workplace, current position and the football team you cheer for.

Simply by tying together all this information, Google Now (“Google Now “in Norwegian) could show the user information card about the traffic situation on the way to work, traveling to the steet for the next appointment, match results for your favorite team’s upcoming performances in a theater, the route to the restaurant you just searched on the computer, the weather at your leaving tomorrow, and more. If you are traveling, extended information with such relevant exchange rates and information on popular points of interest, attractions and restaurants.

Now Google can be very useful, but also a little scary, since you give Google access to so much information . True, the user can decide in pretty great detail what information Google Now to access. But the results are clearly best when the service know much about the user’s plans, and they get better as the user actually uses the service.

If Google Now do not automatically have found the information you are looking for, is a short way to search based on either text or speech, since Google Now is part of the Google Search app.

Yesterday Google Now made available for users of iPhone and iPad through a new version of the Google Search , an application that is already used by many iOS users.

Given that Google Now supports iOS 5.0 and higher, means it can be used by most users of iOS devices. Android version is supported, however only the newer devices. Thus can iOS users, at least in the short term, will be the largest user of Google Now.

However, it is expected that a version of Google Now the term also will be available via Google’s normal search page.

See also:

• [15.10.2012] Web search from PCs drops for first time
• [11/07/2012] Android 4.1 made to open source

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