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Google Voice Search or Search by Voice is a Google product that allows users to use Google Search by speaking on a mobile phone or computer, i.e. have the device search for data upon entering information on what to search into the device by speaking.

Initially named as Voice Action which allowed one to give speech commands to an Android phone. Once only available for the U.S. English locale – commands were later recognizable and replied to in American, British, and Indian English; Filipino, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.cite-ref-1[1]

In Android 4.1+ (Jelly Bean), it was merged with Google Now.

In August 2014, a new feature was added to Google Voice Search, allowing users to choose up to five languages and the app will automatically understand the spoken language.cite-ref-2[2]

Contents

• Google Voice Search on Google.com

• History

• Supported languages

• Integration in other Google products

• Google Maps with voice search

• Google Mobile App with voice search

• Google Voice Search in YouTube

• See also

• References

• External links

Google Voice Search on Google.com

On June 14, 2011, Google announced at its Inside Google Search event that it would start to roll out Voice Search on Google.com during the coming days.cite-ref-ilikealot-3-0[3]cite-ref-official-announcement-4-0[4]

Google rolled out the support, but only for the Google Chrome browser.

History

Google Voice Search was a tool from Google Labs that allowed someone to use their phone to make a Google query. After the user called (650) 623-6706, the number of Google Voice's search system, they would wait for the words Say your Search Keywords and then say the keywords. Next, they would either wait to have the page updated, or click on a link to bring up the search page the user requested. At the moment, both the demo of this service and the page have been shut down. Since the introduction of the service, products from Google, such as GOOG-411, Google Maps and Google Mobile App, have been developed to use speech recognition technology in various ways.

On October 30, 2012, Google released a new Google Search app for iOS, which featured an enhanced Google Voice Search function, similar to that of the Voice Search function found in Google's Android Jelly Bean and aimed to compete with Apple's own Siri voice assistant.cite-ref-5[5] The new app has been compared favorably by reviewers to Siri and The Unofficial Apple Weblog's side-by-side comparison said that Google's Voice Search on iOS is "amazingly quick and relevant, and has more depth [than Siri]".cite-ref-6[6] Of note is that as of May 2016 20% of search queries on mobile devices were done through voice with the number expected to grow.cite-ref-7[7]

Supported languages

The following languages and variants are partially supported in Google Voice Search:cite-ref-8[8]

• Abaza since 2021

• Afrikaans since 2010cite-ref-languagesnov2010-9-0[9]

• Albanian since 2020

• Amharic since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-0[10]

• Arabic since 2006cite-ref-lesstalk-10-1[10]

• Armenian since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-2[10]

• Azerbaijani since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-3[10]

• Basque since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-0[11]

• Bangla since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-4[10]

• Bulgarian since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-1[11]

• Burmese since 2018cite-ref-lesstalk-10-5[10]

• Catalan since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-2[11]

• Czech since 2010cite-ref-12[12]

• Danish since 2014cite-ref-13[13]

• Dutch since 2010cite-ref-languagesmar2011-14-0[14]

• English (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, US), some variants since 2008 launch

• Filipino since 2013cite-ref-languagesjun2013-15-0[15]

• Finnish since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-3[11]

• French since 2010cite-ref-languagesjun2010-16-0[16]

• Galician since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-4[11]

• Georgian since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-6[10]

• German since 2010cite-ref-languagesjun2010-16-1[16]

• Greek since 2014

• Gujarati since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-7[10]

• Hebrew since 2011cite-ref-languagesdec2011-17-0[17]

• Hindi since 2008

• Hungarian since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-5[11]

• Icelandic since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-6[11]

• Italian since 2010cite-ref-languagesjun2010-16-2[16]

• Indonesian since 2011cite-ref-languagesmar2011-14-1[14]

• Japanese since 2009cite-ref-languagesjapanese-18-0[18]

• Javanese since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-8[10]

• Kannada since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-9[10]

• Korean since 2010cite-ref-languageskorean-19-0[19]

• Khmer since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-10[10]

• Kurdish since 2021

• Kyrgyz since 2022

• Lao since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-11[10]

• Latin

• Latvian since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-12[10]

• Lithuanian since 2015

• Luxembourgish since 2020

• Macedonian since 2020

• Mandarin Chinese (Traditional Taiwan, Simplified China, Traditional Hong Kong) since 2009cite-ref-languagesmandarin-20-0[20]

• Malay since 2011cite-ref-languagesmar2011-14-2[14]

• Malayalam since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-13[10]

• Marathi since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-14[10]

• Mongolian since 2020

• Myanmar (Burmese) since 2017

• Nepali since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-15[10]

• Norwegian since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-7[11]

• Persian since 2013

• Polish since 2010

• Pig Latin since April 1, 2011cite-ref-languagesapr2011-21-0[21] but it was actually added and not just because of April Fools' Day, although it is not officially listed

• Portuguese (Brazilian; European since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-8[11])

• Punjabi since 2020

• Romanian since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-9[11]

• Russian since 2010

• Serbian since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-10[11]

• Sindhi since 2021

• Sinhala since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-16[10]

• Slovak since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-11[11]

• Spanish (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, US, Uruguay, Venezuela) since 2010cite-ref-languagesjun2010-16-3[16] and Latin American Spanish since 2011cite-ref-languagesmar2011-14-3[14]

• Sundanese since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-17[10]

• Swahili since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-18[10]

• Swedish since 2012cite-ref-languagesaug2017-11-12[11]

• Tamil since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-19[10]

• Telugu since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-20[10]

• Turkish since 2010

• Urdu since 2017cite-ref-lesstalk-10-21[10]

• Uzbek since 2018

• Yue Chinese (Traditional Hong Kong) since 2010cite-ref-languagescantonese-22-0[22]

• Zulu since 2010cite-ref-languagesnov2010-9-1[9]

• Vietnamese since 2015

Integration in other Google products

Google Maps with voice search

In the summer of 2008, Google added voice search to the BlackBerry Pearl version of Google Maps for mobile, allowing Pearl users to say their searches in addition to typing them. See http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/maps.html for more information.

Google Mobile App with voice search

The Google Mobile app for Blackberry and Nokia (Symbian) mobiles allows users to search Google by voice at the touch of a button by speaking their queries. See http://www.google.com/mobile/apple/app.html for more information. Google also introduced voice search to all "Google Experience" Android phones with the 1.1 platform update, which includes the functionality on board the built-in Google Search widget.

In November 2008, Google added voice search to Google Mobile App on iPhone. With a later update, Google announced Voice Search for iPod touch. It requires a third party microphone. On August 5, 2009, T-Mobile launched the MyTouch 3G with Google, which features one-touch Google Voice Search.

Google Voice Search in YouTube

Since March 2010, a beta-grade derivation of Google Voice Search is used on YouTube to provide optional automatic text caption annotations of videos in the case that annotations are not provided. This feature is geared to the hearing-impaired and, at present, is only available for use by English-speaking users.cite-ref-23[23]