<s>
Google	B-Application
Gesture	I-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Eclair	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
)	O
and	O
above	O
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
their	O
phone	O
’s	O
contacts	O
,	O
bookmarks	O
,	O
applications	O
and	O
music	O
simply	O
by	O
scribbling	O
out	O
letters	O
with	O
their	O
finger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gesture	O
Search	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
early	O
research	O
work	O
and	O
primarily	O
developed	O
by	O
Yang	O
Li	O
,	O
a	O
Research	O
Scientist	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
only	O
to	O
the	O
elite	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Nexus	B-Application
One	I-Application
&	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
and	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
programme	O
,	O
prominently	O
available	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
Gesture	O
Search	O
,	O
one	O
had	O
to	O
first	O
launch	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
then	O
proceed	O
with	O
actions	O
/	O
scribblings	O
as	O
required	O
;	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
modern	O
Google	B-Application
Search	I-Application
which	O
tends	O
to	O
be	O
universally	O
available	O
(	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
trigger	O
the	O
Search	O
application	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
Google	B-Application
Labs	O
enabled	O
an	O
API	O
for	O
Gesture	O
Search	O
that	O
gave	O
developers	O
access	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
feature	O
within	O
their	O
own	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
as	O
well	O
where	O
the	O
users	O
could	O
gesture	O
to	O
write	O
text	O
and	O
search	O
for	O
application-specific	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
also	O
updated	O
Gesture	O
Search	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
with	O
support	O
for	O
over	O
40	O
languages	O
and	O
transliteration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
as	O
reported	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2014	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Gesture	O
Search	O
v2.1.4	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
widget	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Smartphone	O
devices	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
quickly	O
launch	O
recently	O
used	O
applications	O
,	O
while	O
this	O
was	O
shown	O
as	O
a	O
pop-up	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
Tablets	O
.	O
</s>
