Google: Voice

Google adds trending searches and instant answers to iOS app

Google adds previously introduced Android search capabilities to iOS app. ...

Greg Sterling | Sep 1, 2017 at 3:02 pm ET

Google adds 30 languages to voice search & makes it possible to use emojis with voice typing

Included among the new languages are Swahili and Amharic, two of the most popular African...

Amy Gesenhues | Aug 14, 2017 at 11:39 am ET

Google Would Like You To Buy Products Using Voice Search

Google's next frontier is conversational shopping, which would allow you to buy products without the click of a...

Barry Schwartz | Mar 2, 2016 at 8:45 am ET

No More Typing: How To Prepare For The Next Wave Of Voice Search

Columnist Chris Marentis discusses where voice search is headed, as well as the potential implications for search...

Chris Marentis | Oct 26, 2015 at 9:56 am ET

How Google & Other Voice Search Engines Focus In On Your Voice

Google says error rates on voice searches are only 8%, down from 25% just a few years...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 7, 2015 at 9:31 am ET

Google’s “Voice Assistant” Not Quite Siri-Smart But Most People Won’t Notice

At Google I/O this week Google introduced spoken search results, which mimic Siri’s functionality on the iPhone. Siri had been a major...

Greg Sterling | Jun 29, 2012 at 4:00 pm ET

Google Enables Call Tracking From Mobile Landing Pages

Google’s Click to Call program has been a huge success. About a year ago Google reported that it had 500,000 advertisers using Click to...

Greg Sterling | Oct 6, 2011 at 1:32 pm ET

Sprint Integration Of Google Voice Start Of Something Bigger?

You no doubt read on Monday that Sprint and Google Voice have done a deep integration. This now enables a Sprint subscriber to either a) make...

Greg Sterling | Mar 23, 2011 at 10:48 am ET

My Life With Google Voice Number Porting, Six Months In

Finally, anyone can port their mobile phone number to Google Voice. I’ve been doing so for the past six months. Thinking about making the...

Danny Sullivan | Jan 25, 2011 at 3:04 pm ET

Google Voice Number Porting Now Available

We discussed it last week and today you can officially port your mobile number to Google voice. The blog post announcing Google Voice number...

Greg Sterling | Jan 25, 2011 at 1:22 pm ET

Google Voice Tests Number Porting: Turning Point For The Service?

Long awaited, it was first spotted by Engadget yesterday: Google Voice number porting. Though it’s only available in a limited test to a...

Greg Sterling | Jan 20, 2011 at 10:51 am ET

How Cool Would It Be If Google Became A Carrier?

The end of the year is the time when people feel more free to make wacky statements and dubious predictions. Whether it’s the season, too...

Greg Sterling | Dec 30, 2010 at 7:16 pm ET

Google Voice iPhone App Finally Available

iPhone & iPod Touch users have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Google Voice iPhone App. That day has come today and you can...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 16, 2010 at 2:17 pm ET

Inside The Google Voice Phone Booths

Over the coming weeks, UK-style phone booths will pop-up around the US in airports and at universities, allowing anyone to make free calls to...

Danny Sullivan | Aug 25, 2010 at 3:22 pm ET

Google Voice + Gmail = Free Voice Calls For Those In US

Google’s holding a small press gathering today at 9:30am in its San Francisco offices. Topic? The ability to place phone calls using...

Danny Sullivan | Aug 25, 2010 at 12:00 pm ET