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Google finally released their gesture search application that we first saw demonstrated during last year’s Google I/O by Romain Guy. It was billed as a tech demo, but now everyone (with Android 2.x) can search their phone using gesture based controls. I believe the gesture APIs were added in Android 1.6, so I’m not sure why Android 2.0 is required.
More details to follow, but I wanted to let everyone know the app was out so they could check it out.
From Google:
Do you find it hard to find a contact or locate an application from a list of hundreds of items on an Android phone? Or do you find it stressful to search for an item by typing in its title while on the go?
Gesture Search from Google Labs lets you search your Android-powered device by drawing alphabet gestures on the touch screen. It allows you to quickly find a contact, a bookmark, an application, or a music track from hundreds or thousands of items, all in one place. It is fast and fun to use.
Gesture Search currently supports English and requires Android 2.0 or above.
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Scanned the QR code by sadly got nothing.
Is this why Apple sued HTC, which is really suing Google by proxy? Apple can’t keep up with some of the features hitting the Android market from Google now…?
@MAttDemers – the QR worked for me. You could just search in the market for “gesture search” manually.
@Distorted
Sadly got nothing with that, too. I guess it’s a Canada thing?
Hmmm…might be a Canada thing.
That sucks.
I cannot get this app too, even through I search by manually……
remeber 2.0 and above only
I have 2.0.1 on my milestone. Got nothing.
I searched the market for Google, clicked on an app and then clicked on more apps from this developer to find it. I must say that this is way cool and very accurate.
QR search via Bar Code Scanner worked perfectly on my Nexus. Love the app!
I had to change my market using marketenabler to a us carrier for it to show up, didn’t show up using default in Aussie on Optus
Working great on N1
Error.
O link nao foi encontrado.
Milestone 2.0
Brasil
Tried to download in Singapore
Nothing….
The more Google does this the more people get pissed off. Until today no paid apps in most countries and now we cant even get free apps by Google.
What are we? Third class Android users who just got conned?
When we ask Google Singapore about this, all we get is a canned answer that they “are looking into this”
We had to learn with the N1 3G issue that the Google support really sucks.
Guess they not only suck in that regard but all across the board.
Its just very disappointing that after 2 years with Android I still cannot purchase anything on the market in Singapore and now I can’t even get the latest stuff they bring out…
Works great on my droid. QR code worked fine.
QR code doesn’t find anything on Market with my Nexus One here in Brazil, nor does a manual search for Gesture Search. I guess I’ll have to wait until I get back to the UK.
not working in sweden either
comon google! this ira even free, should work anywhere. for u whom it works, where u from?
Cant’t be found in Sweden either. I agree this is ridiculus targeting general Apps to specific markets only.
/dag
QR code worked great on my droid via barcode scanner. downloading now, looks promising!
I’m surprised they haven’t integrated this into their OS and it’s taken them so long to just have this out as an app.
I really think they released it as an app to collect the gesture information before integrating it with the OS. when you first launch the app it asks if you’d like to send anonymous gesture data to Google. I think that’s all this is: a proof on concept that’s really meant to mine gestures from the masses.
Works good on my N1! Thanks G.
For those not finding it in the market, I’m in the States…
Downloaded fine in the US, but frankly, its just not THAT useful.