Tag Archives: Search

Now you can hum to search Google for songs you can’t remember (but can’t forget)

If you’ve ever had a song stuck in your head but can’t remember enough lyrics to search for it, Google has a solution: hum to search. If you’ve ever had a song stuck in your head but can’t remember enough lyrics to search for it, Google has a solution: hum to search. Google unveiled a new search feature Thursday that lets users search for songs by humming a few bars, in an attempt to help you identify music. The feature is now part of Google’s mobile app and… Source link

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Review: Chromecast with Google TV grows up, adds killer voice search

When Google first started selling its Chromecast device for streaming video on your TV, it was inexpensive and simple. Maybe a little too simple. Like other streaming devices, it plugged into an HDMI port on a TV. But this odd-looking dongle – which always reminded me of a flattened marshmallow – was missing something. It lacked an onscreen interface, instead relying on your smartphone to “cast” a video… Source link

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Google is making US voting locations easier to find via search and its Assistant

Google is adding new election features to its voice assistant, Google Search, and Google Maps, to make it easier for US citizens to find voting locations ahead of the election next month. In Google Search, queries like “early voting locations” and “ballot drop boxes near me” will give details about where you can vote in person or return mail-in ballots, while asking the Google Assistant where to vote will “soon” provide relevant information on your phone, speaker, or smart… Source link

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Google, in antitrust crosshairs, touts new ‘helpful’ search products

Google Search Head Prabhakar Raghavan opened the company livestream event, saying people use Google over supposed ccompetitors because it’s “helpful.” Users choose Google because it’s innovative and ‘helpful’ — not because there’s no competition. At least, that’s the message company executives tried to show viewers in a live-streamed event about its search product Thursday. The company announced a burst of small updates to its core search product, including the ability to detect songs from… Source link

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Now you can hum to search Google for songs

Google unveiled a new search feature Thursday that lets users search for songs by humming a few bars, in an attempt to help you identify music. The feature is now part of Google’s mobile app and Google Assistant, where you can say “what’s this song?” (add a “Hey Google” first on Google Assistant) and then hum, whistle, or sing for 10 to 15 seconds. The results will include several probable songs, along with the search engine’s estimation of how likely it is that each is the one you’re looking… Source link

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Google launches a slew of Search updates – TechCrunch

Google today announced a number of improvements to its core search engine, with a strong focus on how the company is using AI to help its users. These include the ability to better answer questions with very specific answers, very broad questions and a new algorithm to better handle the typos in your queries. The company also announced updates to Google Lens and other Search-related tools. Most of these are meant to be useful, but some are also just fun. You will now be able to hum a… Source link

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Google search is getting new AI tools to decipher your terrible spelling

Google detailed a host of new improvements at its “Search On” event that it will make to its foundational Google search service in the coming weeks and months. The changes are largely focused on using new AI and machine learning techniques to provide better search results for users. Chief among them: a new spell checking tool that Google promises will help identify even the most poorly spelled queries. According to Prabhakar Raghavan, Google’s head of search, 15 percent of Google… Source link

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Google’s new ‘hum to search’ feature can figure out the song that’s stuck in your head

Google is adding a new “hum to search” feature to its search tools today that will let you hum (or whistle, or sing) the annoying song that’s stuck in your head, and then use machine learning techniques to try to identify it. The new feature is available today in the Google app on both iOS and Android, or in Google Assistant — just ask Google “What’s the song” or tap the newly added “search a song” button, and then hum your earworm. Google will then show you results… Source link

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DuckDuckGo not pleased that Bing and Yandex won big in latest Android search choice screen auction

This story was originally published 2020/09/29 7:54am PDTon Sep 29, 2020 and last updated 2020/09/30 10:51am PDTon Sep 30, 2020.  Google has announced the winners of this quarter’s auction for default search engine options on Android devices in the Europe. In most of the EEA plus the U.K., users setting up their new phone or tablet starting October 1 will likely have to choose between using Google, Bing, GMX, Info.com, or Yandex. The company has been holding these choice screen Source link

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