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Posted 9th September 2010 at 2:53pm by Jonathan Leggett

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Web searches on Android phones could be about to get a lot faster, with the news that Google Instant is making the transfer from desktop computers and lappys to mobile devices.

The just-launched feature aims to make conducting searches faster by displaying results as you type.

According to Pocket-lint a mobile version was “briefly demoed” at a press conference in San Francisco, although a release date is reputed to be in the far-flung future.

Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience at Google, stated: “Instant takes what you have typed already, predicts the most likely completion and streams results in real-time for those predictions - yielding a smarter and faster search that is interactive, predictive and powerful.”

Instant is especially suited to mobiles, since it promises to dramatically cut the number of keystrokes required for a search.

However, right now it’s not clear to see how they’ll make the experience work on touchscreen mobiles, especially those with limited display real estate.

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  • Jamie, 9th September 2010.

    Google will find a way to make it work on touchscreen phones. With mobile internet becoming the most important battleground in the next few years, there's too much at stake for it not to. Could be a massive, massive win for Android if they make the most of it.

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