I am quite impressed with this.
I just happened to check if there was an update to Chrome on one of my Windows computers, and there was - and it's a major update (to version 27).
So I Googled to see what was new in version 27.
It's meant to be 5% faster. Well that's good.
But it's got voice search. Conversational voice search.
With a microphone enabled, you get a little microphone icon in the google search box. Click it, grant permission, and then just say your search. Your searches appear.
If its a popular search, with a straightforward answer, it speaks the answer back to you.
And you can ask further questions.
(this example from a blog I read about it) :
You : How old is President Obama?
Computer (speaking) : Barack Obama is 51 years old
You : how tall is he?
Computer Barack Obama is 1.58 metres tall.
Also try things like : what is 33 degrees celcius in farenheit
We truly are living in the future.
(To check you've got the latest version of Chrome, click the three lines on the right hand side of Chrome, then click about. It'll update if needed.)
Ian