Menlo Park , California ( CNN ) -- The search feature on Facebook has traditionally been pretty limited . You type in a name of a person or a business , and it pulls up their Facebook page . But that 's about to change . On Tuesday , Facebook introduced an upgraded search tool , called Graph Search , that will scour the massive social network to answer more sophisticated questions . Want to find buddies of your pal Chris who went to Stanford and live in Chicago ? No problem . People who like tennis and live nearby ? Here you go . How about photos of Berlin from 1989 ? Done . `` This is one of the coolest things we 've done in a while , '' Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at a press event at the company 's headquarters . Since it became a public company last year , Facebook has been under pressure to launch exciting new products , especially for mobile , that will help boost its floundering stock price . CNNMoney : Yelp stock falls 8 % on Facebook Graph Search news . Facebook said Graph Search is launching immediately in beta , although users will need to get on a waitlist to gain access . The company will continue tweaking the product based on feedback from beta users , but Zuckerberg said there 's no concrete estimate for how long the rollout will take . For now , Graph Search 's functions will be limited . It focuses on four main areas : people , photos , places and interests . More features will be added as they are developed , Zuckerberg said . `` This is a beta product . We focused on a few use cases that we think are good , '' he said . `` Even as an early product , Graph Search is a completely new way for people to get information on Facebook . '' Graph Search delves the wealth of data already inside Facebook , pulled from 1 billion profiles , 24 billion photos and 1 trillion connections . The tool indexes all of this content and works through the main search bar you 're already familiar with at the top of your Facebook profile . For now there is no mobile version , it does n't loop in Instagram , there 's no API ( which would allow outside developers to build related apps ) , and it 's only in English . The searches are natural language , which means you type the question just like you 'd say it : `` Friends who like cats and 'Alias ' `` or `` Podiatrists in San Francisco my friends like . '' You can use Graph Search to track down people you just met ( `` people named Rebecca who work at Chipotle and are friends with Peter '' ) , to look for job candidates ( `` friends of co-workers who have been programmers ) , and to play yenta for your single friends ( `` Friends of friends who are single men and live in Los Angeles '' ) . Other searches could be useful for business recommendations . You can find doctors , or restaurants , based on friends ' endorsements . For example , if you wanted good Indian food in San Francisco , you might search for `` Indian restaurants in San Francisco liked by my friends from India . '' The results pull in practical information as well , such as reviews and prices . The first concern people tend to have after any Facebook announcement is , how will this impact my privacy ? Facebook says Graph Search will return only content that has been shared with you . `` We take this really seriously , '' Zuckerberg said . If you search for something outside Graph Search 's purview , it will return search results from Microsoft 's Bing search engine . The two companies have worked together before on integrating social search into Bing . But Graph Search probably wo n't pose a threat to Google anytime soon . `` I do n't necessarily think that people are going to start coming to Facebook to do Web searches with this , '' Zuckerberg said . For now , the company will not be working with Google on search functions , Zuckerberg said , adding that Google is not able to process Facebook updates as quickly as Facebook users might like . For example , if you unfriend someone , you might assume they would be blocked right away from seeing your personal data . But that might take more time with a Google-powered search , he said . While the timing was the big issue during negotiations with Google , `` it may have been a symptom of a bigger strategic rift '' between the companies , Zuckerberg said .
Facebook introduces upgraded search tool called Graph Search . Graph Search will let users search in more detail for people , photos , places and interests . For example , it could show you photos of Berlin from 1989 . Mark Zuckerberg : `` This is one of the coolest things we 've done in a while ''