Google has said that it is planning to give its users a new experience of searching the web, which would be like 'Star Trek'.

Google's Search Head Amit Singhal said at SXSW Interactive that 'the destiny of search is to become that ' Star Trek' computer and that's what the firm is building.'

Singhal shared that computers will know what people want and users won't have to type their queries into a small box on a clean white page, ABC News reports.

"You can walk up to a computer and say, hey, computer," he added.

Singhal also said that this would dependent on other technologies, including improved voice control, touch and sensory tech.