Android?s Google Now services headed for Chrome, too

It looks like Chrome users, not just
Android users, will get access to Google Now, the search giant?s technology for bringing weather reports, trip departure reminders, birthday alerts, nearby restaurant reviews, and more to the attention of Android users.

Chrome team programmers accepted the addition of a ?skeleton for Google Now for Chrome? to the Google browser yesterday, an early step in a larger project to show Google Now notifications in Chrome.

Google Now integration into Chrome gives Google a new way to connect people closely to online services that Google judges to be relevant depending on time and location. Francois Beaufort, who keeps a close eye on the Chrome source code, spotted the move.

The move reflects the growing maturity of Google?s operating system strategy. In mobile, it steers people to Android, and on personal computers, it steers them to Chrome or Chrome OS. Although Chrome isn?t an operating system, strictly speaking, browsers are absorbing more and more OS abilities, and Chrome OS systems of course can?t run anything but Web apps.

Whatever OS a person is using, Google is designing it as a mechanism to reach Google services: search, Google Maps, YouTube, Google Apps, Gmail, Google+, and more. These services are where Google makes its money.

Source: http://westpennjournal.com/blog/2012/12/08/androids-google-now-services-headed-for-chrome-too-6/

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