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Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 06:33 pm
Google Now for iOS allegedly demoed in 'leaked' promotional video
A video showing off an alleged Google Now app built for iOS was supposedly leaked to YouTube on Tuesday, with the promotional-style clip touting the service's major features including real time data acquisition and predictive actions.
Spotted by Engadget, the low-resolution promo, which teased Google Now for iPhone and iPad, was reportedly posted to YouTube earlier today, only to be pulled minutes later.
In the short clip, the narrator describes a number of predictive features offered by the service which first launched on Android handsets in 2012, including real time navigation rerouting, air travel updates and sports scores.
It should be noted that the authenticity of the video has not been confirmed, though the overall style and narration fit with Google's previous ads touting the Google Now for Android product.
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A video showing off an alleged Google Now app built for iOS was supposedly leaked to YouTube on Tuesday, with the promotional-style clip touting the service's major features including real time transmission of all your private data to Google.
Fixed that for you.
Fixed that for you.
Keep that tin foil hat tight.
It will be sweet to get this on iOS. Has to be another kick in the nuts to Android users though.
If one day I decide to buy an iPhone, it would be because of Google, not Apple.
Live updates can be far more useful than getting stuck in a search, read, search, read loop. I know. The OneBusAway app on my iPhone gives constant updates of Seattle bus arrivals. This could be that for All Sorts of Things.
I have my doubts about live traffic updates though. If too many people use the feature, that quickest route can quickly become a parking lot.
If one day I decide to buy an iPhone, it would be because of Google, not Apple.
Why would you buy an iPhone in that case?
Live updates can be far more useful than getting stuck in a search, read, search, read loop. I know. The OneBusAway app on my iPhone gives constant updates of Seattle bus arrivals. This could be that for All Sorts of Things.
I have my doubts about live traffic updates though. If too many people use the feature, that quickest route can quickly become a parking lot.
Ideally the live traffic would continuously change to always show the quickest route, once the old quickest route isn't anymore. Google Now really intrigues me, and Google in general is doing a lot of great things. Yes, they use my information to sell ads, but it is anonymized, and there is no reason to believe they aren't extremely protective and responsible with that data. I get great services that help me in my everyday life, they make a couple bucks (just like any company is trying to). Sounds like everyone wins
i am google-free on my iPhone & iPad, and only use Youtube on my MBA.
I use Yahoo or Duck Duck Go as my search engine. Any tie-in with google are out of my control, so don't bother bringing them up.
I don't use gmail (that spam driving piece of turd), nor do i have any google accounts.
I am FREE and it feels fantastic.
Join me, and you too will realise that google is not needed.
This is where I scratch my head when Tim Cook says Apple isn't a hardware company. If Apple really wasn't a hardware comapny Siri would be doing what Google Now does, and maybe even doing it better. What great improvements did we get in software last year? iTunes is still a bloated monster. Apps like numbers, pages and keynote haven't been updated in ages. Many would argue that Google apps like maps and gmail are superior to their Apple counterparts. I really hope Apple kills it with software this year. An iOS 6 like update I fear isn't enough.
Keep that tin foil hat tight.
It will be sweet to get this on iOS. Has to be another kick in the nuts to Android users though.
Not really. I'm glad Apple users can get the same goodies Android users get so they can choose if they want to use them or not. Freedom and choice are good regardless of what kind of phone you use.
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