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Search by voice

To search the web by speaking, tap the microphone button on the Google search box on your home screen, or press down for a few seconds on the physical search button on your phone to activate the "Speak Now" screen. Voice Search for Android supports Voice Actions on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and above.

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Search with Goggles

Want to search the web using your mobile phone's camera instead of words? On an Android, open your Google Goggles app (on an iPhone, open the Google Search app and select Goggles), snap a picture of the item you want to search for, and wait for your results. No typing necessary.

Search locations by
zip and area codes

Want to know where a given zip code or area code is located? Just type it into the search box.

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Screenshot of localized movie times

Get movie times

Search on a movie name or just movie to see theater locations and showtimes in your area.

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Search “movie”

Screenshot of specific flight times for query 'frontier 667'

Check flight times

View live arrival and departure information for U.S. flights just by searching the name of the airline and the flight number.

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Search “frontier 667”

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Get interactive financial info

To get interactive financial results, go to google.com on your iPhone or Android-powered device (2.1 or later) and search for your favorite stock symbol. You'll see an interactive graph shown on a card; you can switch views to different date ranges by tapping on the buttons below the graph.

Screenshot of search results preview

Use instant preview on mobile

Google Instant Previews is available on mobile for Android (2.2+) and iOS (4.0+) devices across 38 languages. Like the desktop version of Instant Previews, you can visually compare search results from webpage snapshots, making it easier to choose the right result faster.

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Search by location

If you want to find sushi nearby, go to Google.com on your smartphone and type "sushi". If you've chosen to share your location with Google, you'll get business results near your current location. If you want to search somewhere else, specify a location in the query, like pizza Kansas City.

Screenshot of forecast with slider control for time

Get interactive weather

To see a new weather search results snippet that lets you actually play with the results just go to google.com on your iPhone or Android-powered device and search for weather.

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