Thursday, March 31, 2011

Stay connected to the market, wherever you are

Mobile phones are great for keeping in touch with the latest information, but when there’s a lot of data to look at, a small screen can be a drawback. For financial queries, where you might want to see stock quotes, the latest news, a market overview or portfolio details, we’ve just launched a new approach in Google search.

To try it out, go to google.com on your iPhone or Android-powered device (2.1 or later) and search for your favourite stock ticker symbol.

The first thing you’ll see is an interactive graph shown on a card - you can switch views to different date ranges by tapping on the buttons below the graph.




If you swipe the card from right to left, you’ll get the latest financial news for the company.

Swipe again for a market overview, and if you’re logged in to your Google account and have created a Google Finance portfolio, a further swipe will show a summary of your stock portfolio. Give it a try on your mobile device now to see how it works.

This feature is available in English with support for more languages coming soon. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful.

Posted by Yu Chen, Software Engineer and Robert Hamilton, Product Manager
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11 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Excellent! Look forward for similar mobile web features for more of Google services!

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  2. ChoiheadMarch 31, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    is this only for US. market?

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  3. LukaMarch 31, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Doesn't work for me. The search only opens the browser with a google search. Android 2.2 on Desire HD.

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  4. TomMarch 31, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    This sounds nice but I feel there are more basic problems in this area

    The Android finance app only works for the U.S. markets, so the rest of the world can't use it.

    The portfolios page of finance mobile site is completely broken and has been for quite a while. I can't submit a support request because finance is not one of the supported service on Google Apps for Business.

    The net result is that users on our domain have no way to look at their portfolios on their phones.

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  5. Madan MusuvathiMarch 31, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    looks like a leaf borrowed from WP7 interface

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  6. jim woodruffMarch 31, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    doesn't work for me. froyo on samsung vibrant 3g.

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  7. MaheshApril 1, 2011 at 12:42 AM

    You guys should implement this in the Google Finance App as well. It is seriously lacking in features. I like this set-up because it can be integrated with Android Honeycomb's fragments. Look forward to seeing these features in the mobile app.

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  8. UnknownApril 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Can these screens be posted in websites?

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  9. UnknownApril 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Opps. Meant to ask is this feed avail. for posting in websites?

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  10. FelixApril 3, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    As long as Google Finance does not support the "International Securities Identification Number (ISIN)" it remains useless for 95% of the world.

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  11. MattApril 4, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    This doesn't appear to work for me at all. Am I missing something? I'm using a T-Mobile/HTC G2.

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