Ok Google ?

Google launched the conversational search at the Google I/O a few weeks ago. The no hands searching with an impressive AI to talk back to you makes searching for news, people, events, items a whole new experience. Even if you do feel silly talking to your computer.

After watching all those shows and movies, where the futuristic character says, "Ok computer......" We are actually doing this now.

Even before Google announced the update at Google I/O, the tiny microphone icon that sits on the far right corner of the search bar was there – has been for the past two years. It just wasn’t as sophisticated prior to the recent update, and not quite as fun to use as it is now.

Intelligent search that understands the words here, there , is , it and knows to use them in conjunction with what you previously had asked. 

Here is an example, first we ask;

"Who is David Cameron?"

I get an audio response ( this is configurable, so you can turn it off!) that states "Here is some information about David Cameron".

Cool, next we ask, "Who is he married to?"

The audible response, "he is married to Samantha Cameron since 1996" Plus a new result set is placed in the view.

Soon we will not even have to click the mic to start a voice search. Simply state "Ok Google........."

Check out my tests of the conversational search.