In the ' computer ' version of Google Maps came voice search

Google has added voice search feature in the version of the Google Maps for computers, according to a blog. Google LatLong.

To use the voice search, the user must click on the button with the microphone on the right of the search line of Google Maps and say aloud your query. Need a computer with a built -in microphone or external microphone.

Using voice, you can search for certain objects on maps or ask for routes. Google points out that the names of some cities are much easier to say out loud what they type on a keyboard. For example, the word Poughkeepsie ( Poughkeepsie in upstate New York) contains 12 letters and 7 sounds.

Voice Search also works in Google Street View application for viewing street panoramas and Google Earth. While requests are recognized only in English, and the function is only available in the U.S. and only in Google Chrome.

The launch of voice search on Google computers announced in June. Then the company added voice to input queries in the search system. In the mobile OS Android voice search appeared in 2008.