How to do a Voice-activated Search on a Nexus 7 Tablet

Description: This article describes how to perform a Google search using voice recognition on your Google Nexus 7 tablet

  1. Press the Microphone icon while at one of the home screens on your tablet.
    Nexus 7 Desktop, Microphone
  2. You may be prompted to tap the Microphone icon again. Tap on it.
    Nexus 7 Microphone
  3. You can now speak into the tablet and search directly on Google.
    Nexus 7 Speak to Search Google
  4. A search for golf and waffles was performed below. You can browse the search results or perform a new search at this point by touching on the Microphone icon again.
    Spoken Search Results for Golf and Waffles
  5. In summary, this article describes the process of performing a Google search on your Nexus 7 tablet using your voice.

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