So, what the hell is happening with Google Now for iOS? According to conflicting reports from people on each end, it’s stuck in some sort of non-existent approval limbo. <\/p>\n
Speaking at the Big Tent Summit in India earlier<\/a>, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt made a sort of off-handed remark about Google Now and whether we’ll be seeing it pop up for iOS in the near future. <\/p>\n “You’ll need to discuss that with Apple,” Schmidt said. “Apple has a policy of approving or disapproving apps that are submitted into its store, and some of them they approve and some of them they don’t.”<\/p>\n Not exactly crystal in its clarity, but it suggests that Google Now for iOS’ fate currently rests in the hands of Apple. <\/p>\n Now, Apple is denying this. According to CNET<\/a>, Apple told them that Google Now has not even been submitted to the App Store for approval. Apparently, Schmidt is misinformed, at best. <\/p>\n Nearly a year ago, Google Now launched at an Android-exclusive product. It may be coming to Chrome<\/a> pretty soon, but it looks like its fate on iOS, if it exists, is up in the air. <\/p>\n Last week, a video “leaked” (or surfaced, depending on whether not not you feel it’s legitimate) showing Google Now for iOS. It looks official enough<\/a>, and it led many to believe that Google Now would be heading to iPhone and iPad sooner than later.<\/p>\n