Posted by Julie Clover
The Browser Company's Arc Search was updated today with a new “Call Arc” feature that lets you search with a gesture that mimics a phone call. To use this feature, open Arc Search, hold your iPhone to your ear and ask a question.
Gesture of raising iPhone to your ear activates the search function, and answers are provided verbally, so the entire voice search experience feels like you're just talking on the phone.
Arc Search now has voice search , which is launched by holding the phone to your ear and saying a request – just like you make a phone call. Using Call Arc, you'll instantly hear your search results accompanied by an animated smiley face! You can also click Learn More to access the full Find Me search results for each query.
After you ask a question, Arc Search will briefly play music before giving a verbal response and stopping. on another issue. The voice search interface is reminiscent of a phone call with an emoji, an end call option, and a speaker option that allows results to be spoken.
Arc Search first launched in January as a search app that includes artificial intelligence to present results search in a carefully selected, easy-to-read format. It has a minimalistic browser interface where users can perform a standard search or use the “View for Me” option to get an AI-generated list of results for a query, similar to what you might get from a chatbot.
Browse for Me is powered by large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI and others, and also has a “pinch” feature to Summarize” that works with any web page, and the ability to enable Reading Mode to get rid of clutter on websites.
Arc Search is available for free on the App Store and requires iOS 16 or later. [Direct link]
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