Voice search comes to Google Maps for Symbian, Windows phones
At long last, Google brings the ability to speak your map search into Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile phones.
Searching with your voice: faster, less carpal tunnel.
(Credit: Google)Those of you who have become tired of typing addresses and search terms into Google Maps for Mobile now have a reprieve.
Version 4.1 of the standalone smartphone maps app brings voice search to Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile phones, a huge convenience feature that's already eased the typing pain in many an Android- and BlackBerry-carrying fingertip.
In addition to submitting to the usual voice queries, this version of Google Maps for Mobile subtly adds language choices to the settings page. The linguistically-sensitive developers have also slipped into the options Google's characteristic variety of accents that acknowledge U.S. and U.K. English and Mandarin Chinese.
If you encounter a problem, a tattle-telling reporting feature now also comes baked into the app.
Get started speaking your search by pointing the mobile browser to m.google.com/maps to download Google Maps for Mobile 4.1.
