Google's 'Conversational Search' Now On Chrome 27 For Windows, Mac & Linux

After the recent launch at the Google I/O Conference, one of Google's really cool feature called the 'Conversation Search' is now live. Though a silent launch, this new feature is going to be a blast in itself because it's got significant improvement over Google’s earlier voice search feature. With the latest version of Google Chrome aka Chrome 27 in place, users are already experiencing 5% faster page loads, FileSystem API for syncing data to Drive, prediction tweaks and a lot more. Now, if you have Chrome 27 installed on your machine running Windows, Mac or Linux OS, you can go ahead and click the microphone icon within the search box of the Google home page and ask a question in plain English. What you'll get is the list of usual search results or a single card at the top of the screen along with a voice answering your query.

Once you start browsing, one thing leads to another and you end up reading a lot of things. All the things you search are all connected in some way. So, here's when it gets better with the conversational search. A user can build a conversation with Google and have refined search results. For instance, if you ask for directions to a particular place and then lead into checking the place's must-see locations or weather or population, Google will act as your human friend and so you don’t need to keep specifying the query you’re referring to. Google’s conversation search is made smart enough to understand that the pronouns you’re using referring to your existing search query.

Moreover, thanks to the integration with Google Now, the service finds relevant information stored through the other Google products and services you use. For example, you ask, "How do I get to ABC Stadium?" , Google will interpret the question and then list the relevant route information via Google Maps. Or if you ask for flight time, Google will check your Google Calendar and tell the time when you're free to fly. And if you want to keep on asking queries subsequently, you can use the phrase “Okay Google”, just like you would on using Google Glass.

Google's conversational search is nothing but a context-sensitive personal assistant and the company is working on developing these new search products to make it easier and easier to land up on useful information on the over-crowded Web. As of now, the voice recognition couldn't be smooth for all users, but we are hoping for an on-going refinement in the service. Are you going to try it out right now? How's your experience? Share with us in comments.

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