If you're a fan of Google Now's voice search on your Android devices, you'll be happy to know that you can now use the feature in the latest version of Chrome.
In order to use the Google Now voice search feature you'll need to be running Chrome version 27.0.1453.93. To update to the latest version of Chrome go to settings in the Chrome browser and it will automatically check for an update, if an update is available it will begin downloading, once finished you'll need to restart Chrome.
Once Chrome is finished restarting and opens, go to https://www.google.com, click the microphone located in the search box, you'll be prompted to give Chrome permission to use your voice, click allow. You'll be greeted with the familiar Google Now red circle and microphone. You'll now be able to search by voice in Chrome.
I installed and tried out the new Google Now voice search for Chrome and can report that it works just like Google Now on Android. It's extremely fast with getting search results; it had no problem with any search terms I threw at it. Google Now voice search delivers results with the voice any current Google Now user is already familiar with along with a Google Now card, and search results appear below the card.
Google is definitely blurring the lines between Android, Chrome, and Chrome OS with the desktop browser and Google's Chrome OS getting a very popular feature added to it from Android. Apple has been doing the same in recent years by bringing popular iOS features to its Mac OS X desktop operating system. While OS X doesn't have Siri yet, after seeing how Google Now voice search works in a browser, Apple should feel pressure to step up to the plate and deliver something similar. Check out the video below to see how Google Now voice search works in Chrome, it's very cool.
