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Google Introduces New Android Features

Posted by timothy on from the so-advanced-you-don't-even-need-it dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Google introduced the next generation of interaction with its Android operating system by introducing a set of new features. The most prominent one is the voice-driven actions. Google executives outlined 12 new 'Voice Actions for Android,' including phone calls, reminder e-mails, direction search, and music search. The app is called 'Voice Search,' requires Android 2.2, and is available in the Android Market now. Voice actions can be triggered by clicking the 'microphone' icon on the screen. Saying 'call John Smith at home' will trigger the contacts list and voice dialer, 'find art museums in Amsterdam' would launch a Google Maps application, and 'listen to Ace of Base' will search for music from the artist on Pandora, Last.fm, or another music application. Another improvement worth a mention is 'Chrome to Phone,' allows users to click on a new 'mobile phone' icon to send links, YouTube videos, even directions, to the phone. So far, the features are exclusive to Android phones and US English, although the capabilities will be moved to other languages and other operating systems (including the iPhone) in the future." Add reader CWmike: "JR Raphael takes a first look at Voice Actions for Android, and tells you how to get voice control even if you are not on Froyo."

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  1. Please don'd die by pirot · · Score: 5, Funny

    My most common command to my Google Nexus phone is: "Please (beeeeep) battery, do not die. It's been just 3 hours since I fully charged you." I hope that the next generation of Android will teach the phone to obey.

    1. Re:Please don'd die by Thinboy00 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, that person should turn in their geek card; who hasn't used a smartphone continuously for an extended period of time?

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    2. Re:Please don'd die by pirot · · Score: 1, Funny

      My friends call me when they want takeout.

  2. Just need to shrink it down a little by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    *tap*

    Picard to Enterprise.

    1. Re:Just need to shrink it down a little by RedK · · Score: 2, Funny

      *TAP*

      "Enterprise, beam me up"

      "Uh who's this ?"

      "Picard, don't you have call display ?"

      "I don't stare down at the monitor sir, everything is voice activated around here, I'm not even near the console".

      "Ugh, Beam me up".

      "Right after my coffee break, Union rules. Enterprise out".

      "Wait, who are you ?"

      *TAP*

      "Hello ? Enterprise ?"

      Yeah, origin doesn't matter.

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      Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM
  3. Executives by adewolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do these companies insist on having executives being their spokespersons. No one trusts them or believes a word out their mouths.

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  4. The next Android ad by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Funny
    User: "Tea. Earl Grey. Black"

    Android Phone: "Here I am, brain the size of a planet..." *Sigh*

    Hold on, maybe that's the new iPhone ad...

  5. 'listen to Ace of Base' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will trigger a pop-up on you calendar that says - in effect - "It is no longer 1996."

    1. Re: 'listen to Ace of Base' by straponego · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, it'll play Motörhead, which is what you should have said anyway, you big girl's blouse.

  6. Ahh, nothing beats the voice activation by m2shariy · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFRoYhTJQQ

  7. Re:apple by pookemon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let me know when the iPhone gets reception.

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