Voice Actions

Google welcomes Clever Sense into the family

By December 14, 2011 - 6:31am EST Comments
alfredshot Rumors are going around that Google is working on a Siri-esque voice command system. Now, no one can confirm or deny that statement officially but word on the street is at least one piece of that puzzle may have been acquired by Google yesterday. The developer of Alfred, a personalized restaurant and bars recommendations app, was picked up for an undisclosed price... Read more »

Google may be working on a Siri competitor

By December 13, 2011 - 7:53pm EST Comments
hero Siri may be the most hyped up feature of Apple's new iPhone, but Google isn't going to let them stand alone. New rumors are suggesting that the Android team is currently constructing a competitor codenamed Mejal. Its main purpose would be to build on the current Voice Actions by allowing natural speaking, making voice on Android a much simpler task. We may even see... Read more »

Google announces Voice Actions and Chrome to Phone

By August 12, 2010 - 11:42am EST Comments
Google announces Voice Actions and Chrome to Phone It turns out that Google's mystery announcement wasn't about Market improvements, Gingerbread, or any of the other topics guessed at in the blogosphere over the last 24 hours. (Am I wrong? leave a comment, with link.) What Google actually dropped today was a new method of controlling your 2.2 Android with speech called Voice Actions, and a sort of inverse... Read more »