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For Larry Page, Search Is Still Google’s Ultimate Moonshot
- josephschmoe 12y agoThe future of search is in voice. We're moving towards when you can operate a phone completely hands-free in a car without even telling it you're driving (We have all the necessary technology - execution isn't 100% but if Google releases a search cards API, it will be.). When I don't know something, I can simply say "Ok Google Now. What does 'eccentric' mean?" and it will pop up and tell me via voice if it can, with website search as a backup. When I want to know what time it is, I'll simply say "Ok Google Now. What's up?" and I hear a smothered voice from my pocket saying "Hi Joe. The time is 10:36 AM. Nothing much going on right now." Voice is special in a way that's different from text: it doesn't take you away from conversation, you don't even need to take it out of your pocket and it never occupies you in the same way text does. The phone becomes a pure enhancement, with little or no "cost" in terms of distraction to interact with it.