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'Google Search' for iOS Updated With Google Now
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It's kind of spooky when you really think about it, it will now know everywhere you go, everything you do, everything!!! and then record it to give you banners to info you about stuff. lol
I just don't like the idea that an app must always keep location services on, why can't it just activate it when you are on the go or something to preserve battery.
No, you must turn on location services for Google otherwise it just forbids you to use Now at all.
Very nicely designed concept and well executed by Google. Apple should strive for the type of voice recognition that Google is getting in their app.
That said....Google Now is still creepy as all hell to me. So I'm gonna pass.
That said....Google Now is still creepy as all hell to me. So I'm gonna pass.
yes but the OS gets your location from somehwere either gps/wifi or 3g. Do you not get icons appearing in ios when location services is on? like a gps icon usually happens when you launch map app
You don't have to activate Google Now to enjoy voice search. The Google app already has this in previous versions.
Yes, your right,
if you go to Settings, Privacy, Location Services (iOS 6), you can clearly see a purple arrow
Yup, it's there a purple arrow, it's always on
I'm going to keep it for now and see how much battery I notice by the end of the day but right now I can clearly see my battery meter is dropping more than when I didn't have location services always on.
if you go to Settings, Privacy, Location Services (iOS 6), you can clearly see a purple arrow
Yup, it's there a purple arrow, it's always on
I'm going to keep it for now and see how much battery I notice by the end of the day but right now I can clearly see my battery meter is dropping more than when I didn't have location services always on.
Makes sense but I think google needs to tone it down a knot on location services being on ALL the time. It's going to eat a lot of battery.
The voice over is amazing I feel it works more naturally than Siri. It understands better, responds better and does everything in general better than Siri.
Google has done a much better job of iOS development in recent months. All of their apps use a consistent interface now and not only do they work extremely well, but they're now gorgeous. Apple is all over the place with their own apps.
Truth is, i don't care if apple apps or google apps.
In my oppition apple should create a great device and give developers features they need to create great apps.
Stuff like opencl, gamecenter for gamedevs, voip, video features, image handling, animation and stuff like that.
Apple shouldn't and cant write the best apps for all cases.
This is because
-> there are always people who want or need something different than the majority. They can have their own app
-> everyone complains if apple takes a great idea of another app and integrates it.
It is perfect if apple says "Hey we want a base line for all users of our phone"
that is eg. safari, mail, maps.
If you want something else ... take it.
I know there is discussion about using your own browsers as standard.
That's something i can understand from a technical point that apple forbids it.
Really.
First -> it helps non techy people to have a common standard.
If a page is developed for mobile os ... it is working in each of their browser apps.
Second -> browser engines are the most dangerous part of a device be it pc or mobile. They are the connection for 90% of the people to the internet and all the malware, viruses and trojan horses.
Controlling that gate ... even if it removes a little bit of your freedom to use another engine (which 90% of the users wouldn't even recognize (or know that eg. chrome was basically the same engine as safari)) to give security makes sense for 90% of the users. Even if they don't realize it.
Agreed. Google Maps, YouTube and now Google.app (Google Now) for iOS seem much richer, developed and maintain a consistent look and feel compared to their first party iOS counterparts. Going to give Google Now a serious tryout as it intruiged me at last years Google I/O and for the couple of weeks I owned a Nexus 7.
that makes no sense. If they won't notice it then they are not the ones who would be sitting default browsers. The so called protection is for no one but Apple
Yes this is how it is designed to work. I've said this in the first reply. If you don't want Google to constantly load your location, you have no choice but to disable location access (and google now won't work without location services permission) or simply deleting the app.