Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Google Now for Android adds cards for live TV, voice actions for music playback

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Google Search for Android has been updated to take advantage of various new Google Now cards, including one for live TV. According to the company, if you've got an internet-connected TV, Android is now capable of "listening" for live programming when connected to the same wireless network as your television. Google says the added feature helps "unlock more information about what you’re watching" including cast and crew background. "If you were watching Nik Wallenda cross the Grand Canyon this weekend, with Google Now, you could learn that the 'King of the Wire' in fact holds seven Guinness World Records," is one example given in a Google+ blog post on the update.


Also new today, users can tell Google Now to play music from their...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4467254/google-now-android-adds-cards-live-tv-third-party-music-playback

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