Speculation on the Internet seems to indicate that this will be an update to the existing Google Mobile App offering, which hasn't seen any tweaks since August 28, according to its . The Times report is unclear as to whether voice-activated search is an addendum to the capabilities that already exist in Google Mobile App or a new application entirely. The bet here is on the latter--voice-driven searches which send data back and forth to Google's servers sound like the sort of thing that would be awfully complex to shoehorn into an already full-featured search tool.

Despite the promised Friday launch, as this article went to press, the only offerings on remained Google Earth and the as-of-yet-not-updated Google Mobile App.