Google Adds New Voice-Activated Services for Android
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Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, introduced new voice-activated services to drive more users to phones that run on its Android operating system as it challenges Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
Google, which had offered three voice-enabled services including search, added more than 10 new ones that let users give spoken commands for tasks such as finding map directions, sending texts and e-mail, and locating songs, Hugo Barra, Google’s product management director, said at a news conference today in San Francisco.