Google admits to using undocumented API in Google Mobile app

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The suspicions of many in the iPhone developer community have been confirmed by Google. A spokesman for the company told CNet yesterday that its latest update to Google Mobile does indeed make use of an undocumented API in order to read the proximity sensor in the iPhone, which allows it activate its voice search function when a user is ready to speak.

The suspicions of many in the iPhone developer community have been confirmed by Google. A spokesman for the company told CNet yesterday that its latest update to Google Mobile does indeed make use of an undocumented API in order to read the proximity sensor in the iPhone, which allows it activate its voice search function when a user is ready to speak.

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