Saturday, June 12, 2010

Froyo Google Market now offers suggested search

The Android Market � on Froyo at least � now provides suggested search results when users mistype. For instance, searching for �Hime run battle� no longer yields a page telling you that the Market cannot locate such an app. Instead, a results page saying �Did you mean: Home Run Battle� appears and all the apps with that phrase come up.

We just received a tip from reader Rob, who first noticed this happen a short while ago. When searching for �himerun,� all of the apps with �home� or �run� were offered as suggestions. The same happened when �Twotter� yielded suggestions for Twitter.

A few other Android users have reported the same thing, and all are on Froyo-sporting Nexus One�s. I just tested to see if this would appear on an Android 2.1 EVO but it doesn�t happen yet. This may follow the growing Google tradition of trying things on the Nexus One first and then having the feature trickle down to older devices.

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