You'll soon be able to say "OK Google" to Chromebooks

sincity · November 20, 2013

Google Now Voice Commands have been a pretty sweet treat for pure Android users and soon Chromebook owners will also be able to command their device by vocalizing "OK Google" instructions.

According to Google insider François Beaufort, Chromebook users can already say "OK Google" and search for something. All you have to do is access the new experimental App Launcher in Chrome's Dev Channel.

Beaufort also notes that this could just the beginning. In the future Google might implement other features such as "OK Google open Gmail" or "Ok Google, chat with Josh" or any number of things people normally "Ok Google" on their Android devices.

Voice control everything

The Star Trek-ian future of being able to kickback and command anything you want with just your voice isn't too far off.

We've spotted the potential of Google Now coming to Chrome numerous times already. Test running "OK Google" commands on Google's own approved hardware platforms might just be a dry test run to make sure it all works before moving to a browser based app.

If it actually happens, a Google Now connected Chrome browser could add voice commands for every computer, laptop, tablet, phone, and everything that can run Chrome and has a microphone.

Everyone else

Similarly, Apple has been beefing up its voice recognition software with Siri if a recently uncovered Apple patent to crowd source human brainpower is to be believed.

Meanwhile, both the next gen consoles come with some form of voice recognition software. This is especially true of the Xbox One, which was designed specifically to be used with voice commands heard through the Kinect.