Google Now Lets You Handwrite Your Search Queries
Posted on Adam Thompson | 2 Comments
Google has just announced the release of Handwrite, a feature that allows smartphone and tablet users handwrite their search query (using their finger) instead of typing it.
Handwrite enables you to search by just writing letters with your finger most anywhere on your device’s screen – there’s no keyboard that covers half of the screen and no need for hunt-and-peck typing.
Here’s a video that shows how the feature works:
Useful, or cool-but-useless?
I did try out handwrite on my Android smart phone. It’s pretty cool (it even works with autosuggest), but I question how useful it will be. I find Google’s search by voice feature useful, especially when I need driving directions on my Android. But I’m a bit skeptical about searching via handwriting. I find that typing is faster, easier, and more precise than writing letters with my finger.
What do you think? Will you use Google’s handwrite feature?
Adam Thompson is the manager of Digitizd.com.
It all depends on the situation, I think this new feature is not completely useless and can be made use in an effective way. I would love to give it a try.
Seems cool but useless to me. Perhaps if there were a stylus, or if were done on a bigger screen (like an ipad), I’d feel more comfortable with using that feature. However, I could see myself eventually getting used to handwriting my google search.