Google Goggles Coming to the iPhone

Google Googles looks to be making the leap to the iPhone at long last. The app has been a firm favourite on Android since it was launched, probably due to the fact that it's pretty damned useful. For those unfamiliar with the app it is essentially a visual search tool. You take a picture of something and the app searches the web for relevant information on it ex: a picture of a landmark might bring up relevant historical information. Google Goggles can also identify consumer products through barcode scanning and again will present relevant information on said product.

The move to Apple iOS was confirmed by David Petrou, an engineer at the Big G, who said that it would launch sometime before Christmas, which isn't all that far away now. Work is currently ongoing on the iPhone version so perhaps there are still some bugs to iron out. No doubt Google Goggles will be as big a hit with iPhone users as it has been with Android users. Google's apps prove very popular on both platforms.