Category: Google Search

Today the Google team has rolled out a great improvement to the search results on your Android phone or tablet.  Now when you do a search of a band, actor or actress, TV show or Movie, you get a significant amount of more information about them than just the search results themselves.  The update was announced on the Inside Search blog and it is a behind-the-scenes update from the company.  That means it is working now for everyone on Android devices and soon will work for iOS Google Search.

If you search for a band, you will see an overview of that band, albums and photos of the band, see songs information, links to videos of the band of particular songs, their discography and you are a tap away from playing their music from sources like YouTube, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio and TuneIn.  It is a great way to help you identify more music from a song you have heard or if you have a favorite band (Rush fans unite!) you can get all kinds of great information on them.

Today Google has announced a new feature in Google Search that could well be one of the biggest advancements in web searching since, well, forever.  I appreciate this sounds hyperbolic but think about what they announced in a larger context.  The announcement today essentially is made up of two parts.  First, you will be able to slipstream content from apps directly from within Google Search on your Android devices without actually having to leave the search itself.  Second, if you don’t have the app installed, you can stream content that is found only in the app to the search results to allow you to complete a task or see that app-only content.

Think about it:  You can get content from say a services app without actually having to have that app installed when you search for that content on your phone.

Mind. Blown.

Yesterday Google released an update to the Google Search app for Android.  While that itself isn’t really news worthy, it is what is in it that makes it so.  Google Now on Tap is included in this build, something that was mentioned at Google I/O at the launch of Android Marshmallow but to date hasn’t made an appearance.  With this new version, 5.3.19.19 for those keeping score at home, Now on Tap is enabled but you have to be running the Android Marshmallow developer bits to get the benefits.

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