MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. has rolled out a movie-search service for wireless subscribers, allowing users to access show times and theater locations and phone numbers through their handsets.
The offering expands on the Internet portal’s local short message service search service, which was launched late last year. Users can send queries such as “movie” and their ZIP codes to the short code 46645 (GOOGL) and receive localized film information including genre, rating and a brief review.
The mobile movie search is an extension of Google’s Internet-based movie information offering that was also launched this week. From a computer, users can send more detailed queries including movies of a specific genre or can ask for recommendations.
