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San Francisco • The Internet just got a lot faster — at least after a Google search. And offices across America probably will get just a bit louder.

Leveraging its prowess in computer science, Google launched an array of mobile and desktop search features Tuesday, including the ability to speak a search query to a desktop computer, the ability to run a search query on any personal photo stored on a user's computer and a new interface for mobile searches that makes it easier to find information about nearby restaurants, coffee shops and other businesses.

But the new service that users probably will notice most is something Google calls Instant Pages, in which Google will start to load the Web page behind the scenes that the search engine predicts a user is mostly likely to choose among their search results.

That means when a user clicks on the link Google predicts, typically the first link in their search results, the page will essentially load instantaneously. Google says that will save users three to five seconds on average on every page view from a search.

Google's goal, its top search scientists said Tuesday at a media event at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts in San Francisco, is to make loading an Internet page feel as instantaneous as flipping a TV channel or turning the page of a magazine.

Google's goal "is to get you the information you seek in the blink of an eye," said Google Fellow Amit Singhal, who is in charge of Google search. "What we are finding is that as people save more time, they are searching much more, which often has a positive impact on our business."

The Instant Pages feature will gradually become available to users of Google's Chrome Web browser in coming weeks, and Google said Tuesday that it was opening access to the software code so other browsers, such as Firefox and Internet Explorer, could also incorporate that feature.

Some of the features announced Tuesday, such as the mobile search interface for Android smartphones, are available immediately, however. The voice search feature for desktop computers will gradually become available over the coming weeks, as users begin to see a small microphone icon appear in the far right of their Google search box. Clicking the icon will allow them to speak a query to their desktop.

The slew of search technology advances unveiled Tuesday are one reflection of the emphasis co-founder Larry Page is placing on accelerating the pace of innovation, particularly in search, since he became CEO in April.