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Google Search adds excellent Voice Search (pictures)

Google Search comes with access to Google apps and docs, well-known search capabilities, and new Voice Search that's tough to beat.

Jason Parker
Jason Parker has been at CNET for nearly 15 years. He is the senior editor in charge of iOS software and has become an expert reviewer of the software that runs on each new Apple device. He now spends most of his time covering Apple iOS releases and third-party apps.
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Google Search has Google apps

Along with the search capabilities of the world's most popular search engine, you also get access to Google apps.
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Find pizza immediately

Whether you type "pizza" in the search field or speak it into Voice Search, your results come up extremely quickly.
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Find locations, too

If you ask for a location, Google Search displays a map, and you can get directions and more info from there.
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Shopping with goggles on

Google Goggles lets you photograph bar codes and other items and returns results right away.
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Spoken answers

When I asked, "Who is Michael Jordan?" Google Search's AI voice gave me a short bio along with the info; Siri just gave me a page of information.

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