7 Google products you didn't know existed

Google has not only become synonymous with web searches, but it has also become well known for providing only indispensable services like Google Maps, Gmail, Chrome, and YouTube. However, Google offers such a large number of internet services, that is highly likely you’re still not using it to its full potential.



Here are Seven incredible useful Google products you didn’t know existed.



Explore the universe from your browser: Google Sky

I’m sure you all know about Google Maps and Google Earth, but did you know about GoogleSky? Yes, it’s a thing, just go to Google Sky and you’ll see what I’m talking about. It’s a really cool page that lets you explore the entire night sky just like you might with Google maps. You can zoom in pretty far, and you’ll notice in some spots there are images that are higher resolution than the surrounding areas. But that’s not the only way you can look at the night sky because it also has options to view in Infrared, Microwave and even Historical images. With Infrared and Microwave, it’s especially cool because you’re able to see parts of the light spectrum beyond regular visible light, and it looks awesome. You can even adjust the opacity so it just overlays the view a little bit, and you’re still able to see the regular view. And with the historical view, it’s pretty funny, you can get a look at how the stars were mapped hundreds of years ago, with all the constellations drawn out as animals and objects. Very strange and interesting at the same time.



Complete your school report with Google Scholar

Google Scholar is an Online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, Universities and preprint depositories looking for peer-reviewed, articles, theses, books, technical reports, abstracts, reprints. While Google scholar does search for print and online scholarly information, it is important to understand that the resource is not a database. A database is subscription-based resource that searches for articles that have been published



GBoard is Google's keyboard app

Whether on Android or iOS, you likely already use Google Maps for navigation. You use Gmail for email. You use YouTube to watch videos. And you’re right to do so. You’d be even more right to ditch whatever junk keyboard your smartphone shipped with for Gboard, another Google staple that works like a dream. But if you have an iPhone, or a Samsung Galaxy, or anything else that doesn’t live up to the high-quality swipe-type experience that your fingers deserve, it’s time for an upgrade. With Gboard, you can draw a cat on your screen to view all the cat-related emoji. You can draw a house to view all the building emoji. You can draw the letters ‘O’ and ‘K’ to view the OK emoji if for whatever reason you don’t want just write OK in your text. And that’s just one of its parlor tricks.

Gmailify

Attached to a certain email address that doesn't end in @gmail.com, but wants Gmail features like spam protection and better inbox organization? Now you can have it all It is almost two years from now. Google on introduced a new tool called Gmailify, which lets you link an existing Microsoft Outlook, Hotmail, or Yahoo! Mail account to Gmail so you get "all the bells and whistles" of Google's email service without ditching your current address. Those perks include Google's advanced spam detection and blocking, a tabbed inbox that organizes your mail into groups, and Google Now cards that call out things like travel and hotel reservations based on your mail.

Quickly identify songs with Sound Search

Google Voice Search or Search by Voice is a Google product that allows users to use Google Search by speaking on a mobile phone or computer, i.e. have the device search for data upon entering information on what to search into the device by speaking. Initially named Voice Action which allowed one to give speech commands to an Android phone. Once only available for the U.S. English locale – commands were later recognizable and replied to in American, British, and Indian English; French, Italian, German, and Spanish. In Android 4.1+ (Jelly Bean), it was merged with Google Now. In August 2014, a new feature was added to Google Voice Search, allowing users to choose up to five languages and the app will automatically understand the spoken language.