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January 15

Google mobile items on a computer?

My wife sent me a confirmation for the trip that she's on. We both use Gmail. When I pull up the Google Search app on my Android phone, it quite handily tells me that her flight arrives in three hours via what I believe Google calls "cards" below the search input field. It also tells me other things like how long it will take me to get to work from where I am, what the current stock price of my employer is, etc. I'm mostly interested in the flight itinerary though. I'm wondering if it's possible to get this info on some Google web page without having to search for and open the email that she originally sent me. Is this possible? Dismas|^(talk) 00:06, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I think I answered my own question. It looks like the app is called Google Now and the functions used to be available through iGoogle but are now available on a desktop if I use Chrome... which I don't. Dismas|^(talk) 00:23, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

If you Google a flight number (e.g. AA001) Google displays a graphic that shows you real-time flight status, with scheduled and actual departure and arrival times and departure and arrival terminals/gates. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:23, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. That depends on my remembering the flight number though. With my phone, I can just look at the app and not need anything more. Dismas|^(talk) 13:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

You could set a bookmark for www.google.com/#q=<flight number> , replacing <flight number> with the flight number, then you only need to note it down once. MChesterMC (talk) 10:42, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Does it display an icon of the plane in flames if it crashes ? StuRat (talk) 22:07, 15 January 2014 (UTC)