Google could soon be integrating its Google Now information service to the Google homepage.
A
report by Google Operating System mentions that code from a page that was being tested by Google points to the existence of this feature.
The code describes the Google Now feature saying it will offer "Just the right information at just the right time."
It further adds, "Google Now uses your Home location to show relevant information like weather, traffic conditions, and nearby places.". It also tells users that they'd be able to edit their home location, work location and the current location, in addition to being able to track their favorite stocks.
We can expect Google Now for Google search to offer information via cards, the way iGoogle used to offer through widgets in the past.
Earlier, we had
reported that Google was working on bringing Google Now to its Chrome browser.
Integrating Google Now to search will allow Google to extend Google Now's functionality beyond Android devices and Chrome browser, making it ubiquitous across devices.
Prior to this, an unauthenticated video of Google Now for iOS had surfaced that
led to Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt commenting on Apple's app approval policy and Apple responding that it had never received a Google Now app for approval.
For the uninitiated, 'Google Now', is a voice based information assistant and an extension of Google search. One can ask questions and the tool returns answers or search results. It uses 'cards' which are essentially small boxes that offer different sets of contextual information ranging from weather forecast, directions, traffic information, scores, appointments, and currency conversion, among others. Google Now collects information based on the user's behavior, location and even e-mail to offer information, automatically.