BlackBerry 10 gets voice commands in latest dev update (video)

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Those lucky enough to have their hands on a [BlackBerry 10][3] [Dev Alpha][4] device were treated to a nice little software update this week. While some were having trouble just getting it installed, others were able to fire it up pretty quick and found a nice surprise waiting for them -- voice controls. Hold down the play/pause button on the side and you'll be prompted to speak a command and offered a unified search interface. Sound familiar? It should, [Android][5] and [iOS][6] have both hopped on the [speech recognition][7] bandwagon, and its becoming an expected feature of a modern mobile OS. The fine folks over at _N4BB_ were able to give the suspiciously familiar sounding virtual assistant a run through and, lets just say it's a bit rough around the edges. Of course, thanks to the limitations of the alpha quality software there wasn't much to actually test anyway. To see it in action check out the video after the break.

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