Google launches "GOOG-411" voice local search
Apparently the beakers and Erlenmeyer flasks have been bubbling over at Google labs lately as its group of lab fiends have brought us yet another fun trick in a long stream of goodies, "GOOG-411," or voice local search. Bringing Google's powerful search mojo into yet another realm (they are, after all, bent on world domination), the free service enables voice-prompted search of local businesses and will SMS you the results and even connect your call. Various mobile and landline companies already have this feature -- including the SMSed results -- but will typically charge you for the privilege. We love when Google gets its lab coat on and brings goodies like this to us; we just hope to see it extend to home numbers, other languages, and of course other countries. Just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any handset to give it a go.[Via Boy Genius Report]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
fabsgwu @ Apr 8th 2007 5:55AM
Nice, I'll still use txt to GOOG, but good to put some pressure on the big phone companies.
M_Nemesis @ Apr 9th 2007 2:01AM
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...OH PLEASE BRING TO CANADA!!!
I Can't stand to pay $1.50 a crack.
-M.
Matthew @ Jul 6th 2007 10:14AM
A similar service has existed for quite a while. 1-800-FREE-411. I use it all the time. You do have to listen to a couple of 10 second ads. Does home and commercial. I'll have to give GOOG a try too. Don't like to pay for a number.