Among rumors that Apple might be working on its very own search engine came another rumor, this time about Google. The search market giant is reportedly on the verge of introducing an exciting new search app for the iPhone, based on voice recognition technology.

Although the idea doesn’t seem to be a new one, according to the New York Times, Google outdid itself this time, with a search toy that is more accurate than the somewhat similar offerings from rivals Microsoft and Yahoo.

Apple will reportedly make the app available today, for free. So from now on, users will be able to talk to their pocket-buddy directly, and ask for just about anything. The voice recognition technology, which was tailored for North American English, will help the engine return the wanted results.

The results are said to be just seconds away, and more accurate than thought. This, of course, is the result of years of gathering precious data: “Whatever they introduce now, it will greatly increase in accuracy in three or six months,” artificial intelligence researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, told the Times.

Although there are just talks about the iPhone at this point, Google is likely to launch the voice recognition engine for other platforms as well. After all, it would be quite weird to give the iPhone such an advantage, and not deploy the same feature to the Android phones as well.

In the meantime, the media also talked about Apple developing its own search engine, since it is still forced to use Google on both the iPhone and its Safari browser. However, the rumors have not been confirmed so far.