Google Voice-Recognition Search Coming First to iPhone, not Android

Google is going to release software that will let users enter search terms on a smartphone by just saying them aloud. What is slightly controversial about this upcoming application is that it's for the Apple iPhone, not the T-Mobile G1, which runs Google's own Android OS.

This new service will be part of an update to the free Google Mobile App for the iPhone, according to the New York Times. It will allow users to ask questions, such as "Where's the nearest Starbucks?" and see the search results on their smartphone's screen.

The new version of this application was supposed to be posted on the iPhone App Store this weekend, but has not yet appeared.

What about Android?

This new service is available first for the iPhone, but Google plans to bring it to other mobile platforms in the future. "We're obviously working hard to add as many devices as possible," Gummi Hafsteinsson, senior product manager for Google's mobile team, told the LA Times.

This presumably includes the T-Mobile G1, the first smartphone running Google's Android operating system.

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