Our new music search feature makes it easy to find music. Just search for an artist, album, song or even a few lyrics to get song previews from our partners. The feature is rolling out slowly over the next few days, so please keep checking back if you don’t find it at first.

Googlers in our London office put together this quick look at the history of Google for our 11th birthday in September 2009. Originally featured on the GoogleChannelUK.

Google Maps Navigation can be accessed via car dock mode on Android 2.0 phones. For certain devices, placing your phone in a car dock activates a special mode that makes it easy to use your device at arm’s length.

Google Maps Navigation features Street View. Visualize turns overlaid on Google’s Street View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination.

Google Maps Navigation lets you search along your route. Search for any business by name or type, or turn on popular layers such as gas stations, restaurants, or parking.

Google Maps Navigation features satellite view. View your route overlaid on 3D satellite views with Google’s high-resolution aerial imagery.

Google Maps Navigation features traffic view. An on-screen indicator glows green, yellow, or red based on the current traffic conditions along your route. A single touch on the indicator toggles a traffic view that shows the traffic ahead.

With Google Maps Navigation, you can search by voice. Speak your destination instead of typing (English only): “Navigate to the de Young Museum in San Francisco”.

a demonstration of Google Maps Navigation (Beta), an internet-connected GPS navigation system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps on
Android 2.0 phones.