Enhanced
Google Voice Search for iOS
Google's
Search app for iOS has always included
Voice search. **w iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users can try Google's updated
Voice search, 5 months after the Android Jelly Bean launch. Just install the latest version of
the Google Search app.
The original
Voice Search feature was just a**ther way to enter a query. The new version shows instant answers and a robotic
Voice reads them for you. A**ther improvement is that your words are displayed as you speak, so you don't have to wait so much.
Google's
Voice Search is more interactive and
Google does a better job at answering simple questions, but it doesn't integrate with the operating system like
Google Search for Android or Siri. You can't use it to launch apps, play music, check your calendar or add an alarm, but it's great for weather forecasts, sports scores, definitions, unit conversions, simple calculations, facts. Try "play Rihanna Diamonds video" and the video starts playing, "cat pics" returns image
Search results, "directions to Los Angeles" shows
Google Maps directions.
It's hard to beat Siri because Apple's iOS feature is easier to access and it integrates with the built-in apps. Siri is also conversational, it remembers things and doesn't require some specific keywords in a certain order. For example, you can ask Siri [is it cold outside?], [will it rain tomorrow?] and you get accurate answers.
Google doesn't answer the second question and only shows the current temperature for the first question.
{ via
Google Blog }
Enhanced Google Voice Search for iOS