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Google Now is awesome, and the best bit is that it’s getting even smarter, fast. Google’s just rolled out a Now update that basically makes it Passbook for Android. It’ll automatically pull boarding passes and tickets straight from your Gmail and slap the QR codes right up front for scanning at the gate.
Right now it’ll only do it for United Airlines in the States, but Google’s promising rapid updates with more and more airlines being shoved into it. Of course, Now’s so much more than Passbook could ever be on iOS, so it’ll also pull down all the relevant information once you touchdown the other side. Plus you can now post directly to Google+ from Now to tell the world that you’re on holiday, so your house is ready for a burgling. [Google via TechRadar]
Cool, I digress now but Sam, the new STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Trailer (Announcement is up on Apple Trailers) and Sweet Christ is it amazing!
Hold tight, just 15 more minutes
Oh no, Spock dies again…
Google Now is excellent. Of course, the tinfoil hat brigade find it’s excellence scary, but since when have they said anything worth listening to?
I love a good conspiracy theory about conspiracy theorists!
Half of the conspiracy theorists work for the government you know, spreading disinformation and making the public think that all the other conspiracy theorists are nutters. the question you have to ask yourself is, which half am I in?
But what if your quadruple bluffing?
Google Now has a fatal flaw at the moment. If you have no internet connectivity, ALL your cards disappear.
They should be persistent until they’re replaced with more relevant info (perhaps shaded grey or with a ‘last updated’ time to show they’re not right up to date).
Ah, yeah, that’s a bit of a issue, considering you might be on the plane and everything.
That’s a pretty big flaw.
It wouldn’t be Google Now then though. It would be Google Some Time Ago.
I take your point, but for example today’s weather and details of your flight booking are still relevant whether you’ve got a decent signal or not.
Especially on wifi only tablets.
A friend of mine used an on-phone boarding pass for a recent flight. All worked well until his plane was delayed an hour. When he finally got called to board, he discovered the app had automatically deleted the pass because it assumed he’d already taken off.
Cue much cursing and running about to get the airline to print him a new paper boarding pass…..
Early adopters: Going through hell so you don’t have to…