As we know, google is the most famous and biggest search engine. It offers voice search for a while. They also offers voice search app for iPhone as a competitor to Siri. The 13 new languages that has added up to the application are Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, European Portuguese, Finnish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, and Swedish. In total, google supports 42 languages in total. This application is available for 46 countries.
New Features:
Languages added- 13 languages are added ( which is more than Siri supported)
Allows many countries to download- It is supports in 42 countries
Available for many devices- Not only iPhone like Siri does but it is available for Android, tablets, iPhone, etc.
The application only support 1 language at a time. By the way, who's going to speak many different languages in 1 sentence right? The new languages will be available when you set up in language setting menu.
The potential strength that could make Apple upgrade Siri is that Google Voice Search supports more languages. Siri has not more than 20 languages. And the Google Voice Search is available for iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile, Android Mobile, Tablets (like iPad). But Siri is only available in iPhone 4s.
However, there's a limitation. It might be sad for some countries that the application is not available but I'm sure that Google would improve the application soon. According to this review, There's negative and positive for both application. I can't guarantee which one is the best because I haven't try Google Voice Search but I did try on Siri. Honestly, I don't feel that is is very useful for me. By the way, it is a good start.
Check out this video for more idea:
"SlashGear." Google Adds 13 New Languages to Voice Search -. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2012.<http://www.slashgear.com/google-adds-13-new-languages-to-voice-search-17243165/>.
"Trending Stories." Mashable. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2012. <http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/google-voice-search-siri/>.
Kosner, Anthony Wing. "Google's New Voice-Powered Search For IOS Makes Siri Look Like She's Going Nowhere." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 10 Aug. 2012. Web. 22 Aug. 2012. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/08/10/googles-new-voice-powered-search-for-ios-makes-siri-look-like-shes-going-nowhere/>.
