Is Google Now coming to the iPhone?

By Chris Gayomali

A leaked video suggests Siri may soon face some stiff competition

Google’s quiet invasion of iOS is kind of brilliant if you think about it.

Google’s dedicated apps for Maps, Chrome, and Gmail are superior to any of the iPhone’s native counterparts, and have become hugely (and for Tim Cook and Co., embarrassingly) popular in Apple’s App Store. Plus, not only do these Google apps beam valuable consumer data back to the Mountain View mothership, but they simultaneously throttle Apple’s connection to its customers. It’s two birds with one stone; a software-powered one-two punch.


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