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Google Gesture Search comes to Android 1.6 and above!

You may recall last week the news that Google gesture search had launched for phones running version 2.0 or later of the Google Android operating system. Great news for Motorola Milestone and Google Nexus One owners, not so great for those of you running an Acer Liquid, HTC Tattoo or similar. Well, today we can announce the good news that Google gesture search has now landed in the Android Market and is available for all devices running version 1.6 and above of the Android OS.

The app basically acts as a universal search tool, searching through apps on your phone, contacts, bookmarks and music. Before you lose interest and dismiss this as nothing new, it’s worth pointing out that rather than requiring you to type on an on-screen or physical keyboard, Gesture Search instead relies on, yep you guessed it, gestures! Using a simple handwriting recognition tool, simply write on screen and the app will begin to search through your phone and start pulling up results. You can either draw the first letter of what you’re looking for or carry on writing as the phone narrows down the results.

Gesture search is available now in the Android Market, be sure to check it out on your Android phone today. Not got an Android phone and want to know what all the fuss is about? Then check out our fantastic range of Android mobile phones here.