Natural Language Search Gets an Update

Google announced updates to their algorithm with improved search results for those using natural language in their mobile app. Both Android and iOS users can expect better clarity of results with the algorithm breaking down each query to understand its semantics. The search algorithm now understands and can put into context superlatives, ordered items, points of time and complex combinations. While Google acknowledges that it's an ongoing work in progress they supplied these examples as the types of questions that can be addressed using the Google app.

• What are the largest cities in Texas?
• What was the population of Singapore in 1965?
• What are some of Seth Gabel's father-in-law's movies?

This improvement is in line with the direction that Google has been going for years by expanding their knowledge graph and keeping users on their search results by answering questions directly. Give the improved natural language search a try from the Google app here.