Streamlined interface and improved usability
Users of Apple's iPhone will already be fond of Google's efforts to make its popular web applications more usable on the iPhone interface.
Late last year, the search engine giant announced a single easy-to-use interface for iPhone users that provided quick and easy access to popular Google apps such as Search, Gmail, Calendar and Reader.
With Apple's Macworld expo set to begin in San Francisco later today, Google has revealed the following enhancements to its iPhone experience:
- Improved UI: The applications look and feel slicker, and they are easier to activate, navigate and use via a touch-screen.
- Customisation of default tabs: Now Google users can have easy access to their favourite applications by customising the applications that appear on the Google.com menu bar. Users simply choose their favourite Google applications to bring them to the front menu, ensuring that they'll be close at hand whenever they're needed. Switching between applications is effortless, as users only need to sign in once to access their Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Docs, and Picasa accounts.
- Speedier Gmail: New emails will automatically show up so there's no need to manually refresh inboxes. And the new auto-complete feature for contacts makes composing emails faster than ever.
- Speedier Calendar: With our new month view, users can glance at an entire month of appointments.
- iGoogle: Now Google users can access their iGoogle gadgets on the iPhone. Everything they've customised on their iGoogle homepage including weather, stocks, and news feeds now appear on their iPhones. To go to iGoogle, simply click on the iGoogle link on the Home tab. You can customise your iGoogle page on your computer at www.igoogle.com.
Head on over to Google.com on your iPhone to experience the improvements first hand.
Official press release: Google announces faster, more customizable Google experience for iPhone Users
