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    News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    You just need to be on the Google homepage or a new tab and say "OK Google".
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    Re: News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    Search without lifting a finger, just "...enable the 'OK Google' keyword listening feature by visiting Google.com, clicking the mic icon at the right of the text input field and clicking a button to confirm "Enable Ok Google."

    This is much more suited to a phone than PC where a keyboard is in front of you but can see it being useful for a htpc where a keyboard isn't always in front of you. I'd be tempted to enable it just for the ease of setting reminders and timers rather than performing a search.

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    Re: News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    Good feature I use a lot on my Nexus 5. Not so sure about using it on my Laptop/Desktop

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    Re: News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    Tried Google Now on my S3, but to be honest the information it presented was dire. Then noticed that my battery life was down by nearly half, so it got disabled.

    Not really interested in voice search, figuring that by the time I've corrected all it's misunderstandings that it'd be quicker to type what I want. Plus US English only? No thanks, I want proper (i.e. British) English - none of that "color" nonsense.

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    Re: News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    this is only google its just no one noticed it when people have auto correct.

    install stock 2.3 on a phone and use chrome you will see it there.

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    Re: News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    porn on the bus will never be the same

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    Re: News - Google announces hands-free voice search in Chrome

    I tried to search for MSN and got the tits and ass youtube page!

    wtf.

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