Google has launched a new Google Mobile YouTube channel that includes a video box that rotates along multiple axes. In the channel’s “featured” section, some of the mobile search capabilities (search by voice, sight, and location) that help you take advantage of your phone’s unique technology are highlighted. Since Google understands that these represent new modes of searching for many users, they are going to launch some new videos that help illustrate the variety of practical and fun ways that you can use these features.
Check out the “Shoot This” series of videos for Google Goggles. Goggles can actually recognize much more than just bar codes and book covers, and these videos lets you take Goggles for a test drive.
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Google announced today that you can now make phone calls from Gmail Voice to any phone. Before Gmail voice and video chat required that both users had to use their computer's microphone and speakers. (See video above).
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The Google Finance team has launched the new Android/iPhone edition of Google Finance for mobile to bring the market to you on the go. The new design gives you a unified experience across desktop and Android or iPhone phones, offering nearly all the same features and functionality on both.
You can now easily access the new site when you do a Google search for stock tickers or company names on your mobile device, or when you tap the "Finance" tab on the Google mobile homepage. Now no matter where you are, you can keep up with your portfolio, the latest market news, and the sectors you care about, with real time quotes and data, all at a glance.
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Google announced that now you can view the vast ocean on your mobile device by downloading the new Google Earth 1.1 for Android.
Now, you can check out the landscape and terrain in Monterery Bay Canyon, which is larger than the Grand Canyon, by zooming in on Google Earth below the ocean surface just off the coast. Once underwater, you can use the “look around” button to tilt the view and see the extent of this great undersea canyon.
The latest version of Google Earth for Android also introduces the “Explore the Ocean” layer, which features hundreds of photos and videos from more than 100 contributors who are excited to share their stories of sea. Plan your next vacation during your daily commute by clicking on any of the little blue icons. The gold highlighted icons represent content from the Mission Blue Hope Spot initiative.
If you are running Android 2.2, Google Earth now supports Flash in balloons, so if you have the Flash player installed on your mobile device, you can watch videos right in the balloon.
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If you have ever missed an appointment or important email because you were away from your desk, Google Mobile App has solved this problem. Now Google Mobile App can help with push notifications from your Google account to your iPhone via an icon badge that shows you’ve got new mail in Gmail, and Google Calendar event reminders appear right on your home screen.
Google also added features to get you information faster, when searching for flight info, weather, stock quotes or currency conversion you’ll see answers before you even hit ‘Search’. You can get the update from the App Store by searching for ‘Google Mobile App’.
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Google recently introduced Voice Actions for Android. Voice Actions lets you control your phone using your voice with a series of spoken commands. By just speaking in your phone, you can call businesses and contacts, send texts and email, listen to music, browse the web, and complete common tasks. (See video above). |
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Google recently announced a new Chrome to Phone extension that adds a button to your Google Chrome browser that allows you to send current web page, YouTube video, map or selected phone number or text to your Android device running Froyo (or Android 2.2). (See video above). |
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Google has announced a new version of Gesture Search (1.2) has a new motion gesture. By doing a “double flip”, or flipping your phone away and then back, you can start Gesture Search at any time. |
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Today in the US Google is launching a new search history feature that helps you quickly get back to sites you've been to and see items you have starred from your Android, iPhone, or desktop searches. To use, sign in and then tap the history link at the bottom of the Google homepage.
If you’ve enabled search history in your account (tap “Settings” and select “Save Searches” under “Search History”, then tap “Save”), the history that you see is a combination of all your searches done while you are signed-in, whether you are searching from a laptop at home, your desktop computer at work, or your phone while on-the-go. Your mobile searches are marked with a little phone icon so you can tell them apart. For websites you’ve visited while searching on a desktop or laptop, you’ll see screenshot thumbnails that can help you recognize and return to the right sites quickly.
If you want to remove any history items, you can tap the "Edit" button at the top of the page and delete individual search queries.
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Google has announced the launch of Google Maps for mobile 4.4, introducing an easier way to find places around you: a dedicated Places icon that lets you quickly look up nearby places and pick a place to go using updated Place Pages, just like on your computer.
On Android-powered phones with Google Maps 4.4, users will find the new Places icon in the app launcher with the rest of their apps. Users can now press and drag it right onto their home screen to use it when they are looking for a restaurant, shoe store, movie theater or any other type of local business. They'll get a detailed list of all the nearest places and can choose one to learn more about it on its Place Page.
Search for several convenient types of places with the default categories or add your own for your most frequent searches. Users can also use the search bar at the top to type or speak any query. | 
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Google announced today that they have launched an enhancement to the Google Voice mobile app on Android and Blackberry phones, which makes placing calls much faster. Google is calling this feature “direct access numbers.”
Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send Google the phone number you wanted to dial. Then the call would be connected via a Google Voice access number. With direct access numbers, Google assigns a unique phone number to every person you call. This means that Google no longer needs to use your data network to access the server each time you make a call, so calls will be placed much faster.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. today introduced NOOK for Android, a fun and easy-to-use Barnes & Noble eReading experience for those with Android-based smartphones and devices. The new application is the latest addition to Barnes & Noble’s slate of free, popular eReader software and the only Android eReader application offering the ability to share eBooks with friends.
The new Android app is also the first eReader software to feature Barnes & Noble’s new NOOK-centric branding, leveraging the strength of the company’s NOOK brand across its entire eReading offering. NOOK for Android will soon be followed by an updated NOOK for iPhone, NOOK for iPad, and others in the coming months. The new eReader software branding aligns with the company’s current NOOK offering – NOOK 3G and NOOK Wi-Fi eBook Readers, and the recently announced NOOKstudy online study platform and software solution for higher education.
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Google has announced their are closing the Nexus One web store. This week they received the last shipment of Nexus One phones. Once they sell these devices, the Nexus One will no longer be available online from Google.
Customer support will still be available for current Nexus One customers and will continue to be sold by partners including Vodafone in Europe, KT in Korea, and possibly others based on local market conditions.
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If you want to make mobile phone apps but you are not a developer, well you are in luck. Google has announced the App Inventor, a new tool in Google Labs that makes it easy for anyone; programmers and non-programmers, professionals and students—to create mobile applications for Android-powered devices.
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Google announced that starting today Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser. For a complete list of everything we’ve included in Android 2.2, please see the Android 2.2 Platform Highlights.
In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone's notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones - and most users will receive the notification by the end of the week. | |
Google today announced the release of a mobile version of the Google Docs viewer for Android, iPhone and iPad to help view:
You can view the files you’ve uploaded to your documents list, without download the file.
With Google's mobile viewer you can switch quickly between pages and pan/zoom within a page. On your iPhone and iPad, you can pinch to zoom in or out. You can try it out by going to docs.google.com on your Android-powered device, iPad or iPhone and select any document in these formats that you've previously uploaded.
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Google announced today that they are open-sourcing the new 2.2 version of Android, called Froyo, to their partners who manufacture Android devices around the world and to developers who will benefit from new tools such as Android cloud-to-device messaging (which makes it easier for mobile applications to sync data). | |
Google has announced that they have added a few new features to Google Maps for Android version 4.3. The new features helps you to quickly choose the right place to grab dinner, catch the next train, and find friends to add in Latitude.
If you have ever had to make a quick decision for dinner plans while on the go, you can now see a snapshot of what people are saying about places right on search result pages. Instead of poring through full reviews, you can start by looking at what the most frequently mentioned aspects about a place are, such as food, service, atmosphere, or anything else people keep mentioning. Just like on Place Pages for your computer, the color-coded bar gives an overview of how positively people are talking about any individual aspect. Tap one to see more details like the actual review snippets. Whether you’re looking for top-notch service or a vibrant ambiance, you can now pick just the right place to go.
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Google announced today, that after lots of testing and tweaking, Google Voice is now open to the public, no invitation required!
Over a year ago, Google released an early preview of Google Voice; a web-based platform for managing your communications. Google Voice provides one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more—the only catch was you had to request and receive an invite to try it out. |
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Google has announced that Google Maps 4.2 for BlackBerry now lets you get biking directions, quickly see helpful info when searching, and share places with friends. This comes on the heals of Google adding biking directions and sharing for Android users a few weeks ago.
If you’ve been using Google Maps on your computer to get biking directions, trails, and lanes, you can now head out for a ride using just your BlackBerry. When getting directions in Google Maps, just choose to travel by bicycle to get an optimal bicycling route in the U.S. If you’re in the mood for a more scenic ride, you’ll also see the Bicycling layer on the map which shows dedicated bike-only trails (dark green), roads with bike lanes (light green), or roads that are good for biking but lack a dedicated lane (dashed green). | 
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