Now Google Phone Search in Mumbai & Bangalore

Friday, February 6, 2009, 12:28 [IST]

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Now Google Phone Search in Mumbai-Banglore

Bangalore, Feb 6: Google extends its pilot project of 'Google Phone Search' to Mumbai and Bangalore from Thursday, Feb 5. Through this, the users can call a toll free number and search for local businesses or movie showtimes. Google first implemented this option to the users of Hyderbad and Delhi.

Users can use the same toll free number 1-800-41-999-999. Google said it believes that speech recognition and voice access to information is a very important technology for India because it helps to reach users who may not have access to PC or are on the move all the time.

OneIndia News (With inputs from Agencies)

Topics: google india, google phone search, bangalore, mumbai, hyderbad

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