At the company's annual Google I/O developer conference, Google - Android 4.1 or Jelly Bean, as it's more likely known. And one of the more interesting aspects of Jelly Bean is the Google Now smart assistant.

Want to know about interesting restaurants as you walk down can tell you -- and even offer an alternate route.

The new search-based feature is designed to use your search history, calendar, location and Google Maps to offer up helpful information, whether you've missed your train or need an update on your next flight.

"From the very beginning, Android had search at its core," said Hugo Barra, director of Google Product Management, during today's conference keynote. " Now, we've got faster and more natural voice search.... We're showing you search results in a novel way."

Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group, said that while Google Now is being released with Android 4.1 for mobile devices, he expects it eventually will go beyond that.