Google Now lands on your desktop through Chrome Canary

Google has finally unveiled the Google Now personal assistant service on the desktop through the experimental version of the desktop browser Chrome Canary. Users can access the service by enabling the correct flag (chrome://flags/#enable-google-now) and then relaunching the browser. You will then receive a notice on the Windows system tray or Mac Notification Center once the service has been successfully integrated.

According to the support page, you can see weather, current traffic for commuting, event reminders, and sport scores cards. The other cards like public alerts and nearby photo spots will hopefully be integrated into the desktop version in the future.

Source: The Next Web

Google Maps on iOS gains access to your flight, hotel and restaurant reservations

Google Maps on iOS just got a lot smarter with the recent update which now enables flight, hotel and restaurant reservations right to show up from the app. Integrating the functionality of Google Now into Maps, any of the above reservations that are tied in to your Gmail account will auto-populate on any relevant maps. This is  nicely integrated solution for globetrotting iOS users.

Google revamps Google Now site

Accompanying the post on useful Google Now commands, Google has also redesigned the landing page for its Google Now feature to explain just what you can do with the app with animation and short clips. You can check it out here.

Source: Android Authority

Infographic of useful Google Now commands

Google Now isn’t just the Android alternative to Apple's Siri. Android Authority posted Trendblog’s infographic on some of the useful Google Now commands to help you make life a wee bit easier. Click on the image to see the full list.