T-Mobile Issues Firmware Update for G1, Adds Voice Search
Tue, Feb 3rd, 2009 |
T-Mobile began pushing out an update that adds a couple of new features and fixes some glitches in the G1, its phone that runs Google's Android software.
The most notable new capability is voice search. Once G1 users get the firmware update, they'll notice an icon for a microphone in the Google search bar on the home screen. When users hit the button they'll hear a "speak now" prompt, after which they can say their query, said Jeff Hamilton, a software engineer for Android, in a blog post.
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