The Google Mobile iPhone app now comes with the Google Goggles feature, this was only available for users of Android phones, but now these features can be used on iPhones as well. So what does this feature offer?
What you do is simply take an image of street and the app will search the internet using the data in the image, such as logos, brands and names, it will also use location information too, so that it is able to provide more relevant information.
These are the features and details that can be expected from the Google Mobile App:
Search Google quickly using your voice, pictures, and location. Google Mobile App includes the following features:
* New! Google Goggles – use pictures to search the web. Goggles recognizes things such as landmarks, books, wine, artwork, and logos.
* Search by voice – speak your queries in natural language. Simply hold your iPhone to your ear and say your query.
(Supports American, British, Indian or Australian English accents, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish and Korean.)
* My Location – avoid typing your current location when searching for nearby businesses (e.g. “pizza” or “starbucks”)
* Google Suggest – tap suggested web search queries and local businesses that appear as you type
* Search history – quickly search again for queries you recently performed
* Contact search – search your phone’s contacts.
* Vertical search – search Google Maps, Images, News, and Shopping
Google Mobile App also links to Google’s other applications so that you can easily navigate to them.
Priced at FREE!
Source [Design Taxi]
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