(Praful Chandra, @prafulchandra58
-Sahil Satishkumar, @SahRckr )
Mobile operating systems have evolved exponentially in the recent years. Apart from basic operations consumers now tend to use more often ," intelligent personal assistant " as described by wikipedia. One such option being Google Now. And NO its not a Siri-killer, other competition being newly announced, Cortana.
There is more than what we think its going on around us, the mobile operating system has developed so much that we can do the work sitting at a place without even stretching a muscle. Likewise there Google Now, and now everyone is aware of Apple iPhone's siri which is user friendly and performs all voice commands and we don't even have to type or search for a particular application in the phone!
Try saying: "What's the weather like?" and you will be presented with a weather card of the city (according to the GPS location provided).
[DISCLAIMER: This application was exploited on a Nexus 7, and all available feature were used for the testing period of 15 days (more in this case). ]
Let's get to the to the part when Google now goes technical!
Accessibility is very easy, Say OK Google on the homescreen of Google Experience Launcher, or hit the quicksearch bar or swipe up home button.
Layout mimalistic and features . . . . . Infinite.
Google Now is one of the best feature what Android has to offer. To those of you who've tasted many flavours of Android are familiar with Google Search. Google Now, to it's roots is Google Search with added functionality!
-Most familiar feature, Cards: These are information sets presented neatly in cards, which also contain predictive search results (elaborated later) or some may be from the emails which may have dropped in your associated mail account. There are various types of cards, ranging from conversion cards, birthday notifier cards, special cards, shipment shipped cards (works in India) and more, Also these are expanding regularly. Google had introduced more and more cards.
-Awesome voice recognition feature: No more you can complain that your Indian-accent English isn't recognised by certain software. This is a fun feature where you need not type what you desire Google Now to do, instead just speak out loud. If recognised correct (most probable event) does the job for you. If the command is Anything from sending mail, dail contact, sms contact, start camera and many more. However features not supported are, Hardware controls. You cannot ask Google Now, "Turn off wifi" , "Scan for nearby bluetooth devices" to do those for you. For a better part, its not supported.
There are some fun commands you would like to see, demonstrated here.
-Predictive search results : Here's the part where Google now is different than it's counterparts. Simply put this is where you find search results ready, waiting for you to be used, of contents you were searching on the web using Google Chrome (on PC/Handheld device).
A small advice to people who use Google Now,
-Use it a lot, I mean for everything. Even the smallest search ever. Google now learns more about you and presents better and useful cards day after day.
-Never search for embarassing things on Google, while you are logged in (Use incognito mode , or simply logout). Specially if your device is accessed by many folks around you.
That's it for (Google) Now, do let us know what do you feel about the this review? Do you wish a Killer-Card that is not featured on Google Now? Please Leave your comments below!
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Praful Chandra and Sahil Satishkumar for SahRckrTech Weekly
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