As promised, Google has brought its wicked fast Google Instant search to mobile devices with support for the iPhone and Android, the company announced today on its blog.
The service works just the same on mobile devices as it does on the desktop. After turning on the beta instant search functionality, search terms that you type on Googlea4ぎa4г mobile website will automatically deliver results. Youa4ぎa4ll see predictions for your search terms as you type as well.
Google says ita4ぎa4г a4ぎApushing the limits of mobile browser and wireless networksa4ぎ with the feature. A new implementation for mobile browsers uses the HTML5 standard for Web pages and AJAX, a common Web-programming technique, to dynamically update search results, giving users a big speed improvement in the process.
Google Instant works best on 3G and Wi-Fi connections, but you can also easily turn it off without leaving the search page in case of network hiccups. Ita4ぎa4г currently available for iPhones and iPods running iPhone operating system 4, and ita4ぎa4г available for Android 2.2 devices. The company says support for more devices and languages is coming in the next few months.
After playing around with Google Instant on my iPhone 4 for a bit, Ia4ぎa4m finding it even more impressive than the desktop. Perhaps ita4ぎa4г because ita4ぎa4г a much bigger speed improvement for mobile search than it was for desktop search, but Ia4ぎa4ёe definitely found a new appreciation for Google Instant on my iPhone. Now leta4ぎa4г just hope we can get the feature in Gmail soon.
Check out a demo of Google Instant for mobile below:
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Devindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.
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