Google SMS Search now offers internet like experience

Google India has launched a newer version of its SMS Search service that allows users to SMS their query to 9-77-33-00000 at the cost of a regular SMS and get instant answers. According to the company, the new Google SMS Search service is available across all operators on both GSM and CDMA mobile phones across India.

Google claims that its new SMS-based search service works just like its internet search and can offer cricket scores, stock updates, Indian Railways train schedules, PNR (train ticket) status, horoscopes, movie show-times, latest news, flight status, weather information and facts & figures. Google SMS Search service can also work as a local business search, dictionary, calculator and currency convertor.

“No longer do you need to remember complicated strings to put before your query, you can search as if you are searching on Google web search – we will do all the hard work to understand your query and give you the best results on SMS,” Google India has said.