'Huge honor' for the Google Now team, says Matias Duarte
Google Now -- Google's card-based predictive search tool -- has been awarded the grand prize for "best everyday utility" at the 2013 User Experience Awards. To claim the prize, Google Now saw off competition from a wide variety of different projects, including Belkin's WeMo home automation system and healthcare startup ZocDoc.
Announcing the win on Google+, Android design lead Matias Duarte called the award a "huge honor" for the entire Google Now team. Google Now is one of the most important smartphone features of the past year, and it's a well-deserved win for Duarte and his team.
The UX award will sit alongside Popular Science's 2012 "Innovation of the Year" award in the Google Now trophy room.
Source: User Experience Awards; via: Matias Duarte
