Google Product Search for Android Gains Barcode Scanning Feature

Screenshot courtesy of Google

The most discussed T-Mobile G1 aspect discussed after its launch last year was software that used the G1′s auto-focus camera to read barcodes in product search applications. Google’s own mobile product search page launched on April 23rd for the iPhone and Android. Android users get a leg up on iPhone users today with this announcement from the Google Mobile team…

Google Product Search for Android now with Barcode Scanning

You can see how Google Product Search works (without the barcode scanning feature) on an iPhone below…

YouTube video courtesy of Google

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