Make your mark on Google with Handwrite for Mobile and Tablet Search

Google has just added a cool new way to search on mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad.

It has added a handwriting recognition feature to their mobile web app called Handwrite, which allows you to search by just writing letters with your finger anywhere on your iOS device’s screen

You need to enable the Handwrite for web search by tapping on going to Google.com in your iPhone or iPad, tap on “Settings” link at the bottom of the screen and then tap on enable “Handwrite” toggle. Please note that on tablets the Search settings are available when you tap on the gear icon.


Getting started is easy: go to Google.com in your mobile browser, tap on “Settings” at the bottom of the screen and enable “Handwrite.” Note that after you've saved the setting, you may need to refresh the homepage to see the feature.




Getting started is easy: go to Google.com in your mobile browser, tap on “Set

On tablets, the Search settings are available as an option behind the gear icon.



Once the feature is enabled, tap the Handwrite icon on the bottom right corner of your screen to activate the writing surface. Write a few letters and you’ll see autocomplete options appear below the search box. If one of the options is what you’re looking for, just tap it to search. For longer queries, you can continue writing and use the arrows next to the autocompletions to move the right one into the search box. Since you can write anywhere, you don’t have to look back and forth repeatedly from the keyboard to the search box.



For more tips and tricks on how to use Handwrite, see our Help Center article. To make accessing Google.com faster, be sure to bookmark it and add it to your home screen.

We designed Handwrite to complement rather than replace typing: with the feature enabled, you can still use the keyboard at any time by tapping on the search box. Handwrite is experimental, and works better in some browsers than others—on Android devices, it works best in Chrome. For now, we’ve enabled Handwrite for iOS5+ devices, Android 2.3+ phones and Android 4.0+ tablets—in 27 languages.