The Google Search now
features an improved and customizable time-to-leave system, which can be used
to remind a user who should be somewhere by a certain time and will inform the
user when should plan to leave instead. Mountain View's Google+ page said,
"You can specify where you'll be leaving from, if you're driving or taking
public transport and how early you'd like to arrive - just tap the card and
you'll see those options - and Google Now will do the rest."
The new update adds reminders support for
more languages namely French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean,
Portuguese (Brazilian) and Russian. Google has also enhanced its
voice-recognition feature, which allows a user to make calls, send messages,
and search using voice commands.
Further, Google has added a new Google Now
card for the current Sochi Olympics, which will be updating the medal
standings, news and forthcoming events. Last week, Google placed a rainbow version of its logo on its
search page, intending to increase the pressure on President
Vladimir Putin over Russia's "gay propaganda" law at the Sochi Winter
Olympics. The Google Search homepage also included a quote from the Olympics
Charter underlining the right to practise sport without discrimination.
Google has also rolled out an update
for the Google Play Newsstand app
that brings new features, such as headlines on the home screen with the
Newsstand widget, and a new 'mini cards' feature that allows users to quickly
access the headlines of the latest news. The new update also adds an option to
organize magazine issues by publication date and translate news sources
instantly.
In addition, the yet-to-be-launched Google
Now Launcher that was first spotted last week, and was speculated to be soon
released to other (non-Nexus) Android devices as an app on the Play Store, is
now available via APK (Android application package file).
Phone Arena has
claimed that Nexus 5's GoogleHome APK can be installed to any Android device
after updating Google Search to the latest version. The site also reveals that
the Nexus 5's Google Now Launcher is working smoothly on the Samsung Galaxy S4
and HTC One, though some users are reporting problems with other devices.
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