Google In-Store & Location-Aware Product Reminders Now In Google Now For Android

Yesterday, as expected, Google announced on Google+ that the location-aware, in-store product reminders are now built into the latest version of Google Now on your Android Google Search App. Google said “if you’re out and about and near a store that carries those boots, you might see a Google Now card showing you the product […]

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Google iOS Search AppYesterday, as expected, Google announced on Google+ that the location-aware, in-store product reminders are now built into the latest version of Google Now on your Android Google Search App.

Google said “if you’re out and about and near a store that carries those boots, you might see a Google Now card showing you the product and price to remind you that you wanted them.”

Imagine you search for a specific product on Google and then you are driving or walking past a store on the street that has that product. Imagine Google pops up a Google Now card to tell you the store has it and the price of the item. That is incredibly futuristic stuff.

Here is a picture of what the Google Now card may look like:

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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.

In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.

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