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Voice Search Now On Google Maps For Android

Matt McGee on June 15, 2009 at 1:31 pm

Android OS phone users can now use Google’s voice search tool inside of Google Maps. According to today’s announcement, the tool recognizes English-language speakers with American, Australian, and British accents.

There are other improvements, too:

Transit and walking directions are available for more than 250 cities
Business listings have been upgraded to include store hours, prices, and ratings/reviews
Google Latitude had a location detection bug that’s been fixed
A new “Updates” feature in Google Latitude makes it easier to communicate with friends

This update isn’t an automatic download; Google Maps for Android users will have to go get it via the Android Market.

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Matt McGee

Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.