Today Google introduced Voice Actions for the Android Voice Search app, which brings naturally-spoken voice commands to the Android OS. This is a feature that iPhone owners have been using for a while, but Google has taken things a few steps farther with their app. With Voice Actions on Android, you can send text messages, listen to music, get directions, make calls, send e-mail, go to websites, and of course make a voice memo. The thing that really sets Google's app apart is that you can search by voice not only on your phone, but it searches the web as well. So if you're searching for music, it not only searches your local library, but will also search and open music in apps like Pandora and Last.fm.
The only downer is that it's only available for Android 2.2 and higher, so it doesn't look like older versions of Android will be getting the awesomeness.
[Google Mobile Blog]
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