diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 309b424..6bdc209 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /bower_components
 node_modules
+.idea/
diff --git a/ion-google-place.css b/ion-google-place.css
index 8cd1801..5f0f907 100644
--- a/ion-google-place.css
+++ b/ion-google-place.css
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
     left: 0;
     z-index: 20;
     display: none;
+    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
+}
+
+.ion-google-place-container .spinner-container{
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    bottom: 0;
+    margin: auto;
+    width: 30px;
+    height: 30px;
+    z-index: 10;
+}
+
+.ion-google-place-container .spinner-container .spinner{
+    stroke: #eee;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ion-google-place.js b/ion-google-place.js
index 7382ab6..244be3b 100644
--- a/ion-google-place.js
+++ b/ion-google-place.js
@@ -16,42 +16,50 @@ angular.module('ion-google-place', [])
                 scope: {
                     ngModel: '=?',
                     geocodeOptions: '=',
-                    currentLocation: '@'
+                    currentLocation: '@',
+                    playServices: "=?"
                 },
                 link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
                     var unbindBackButtonAction;
 
                     scope.locations = [];
                     var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
+                    var service = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteService();
+
                     var searchEventTimeout = undefined;
 
+                    scope.$on('ion-google-place:setViewValue',function(e,args){
+                        ngModel.$setViewValue({formatted_address:args.location});
+                        ngModel.$render();
+                    });
                     scope.displayCurrentLocation = false;
                     scope.currentLocation = scope.currentLocation === "true"? true:false;
-                    
+
                     if(!!navigator.geolocation && scope.currentLocation){
                         scope.displayCurrentLocation = true;
                     }
                     var POPUP_TPL = [
                         '<div class="ion-google-place-container modal">',
-                            '<div class="bar bar-header item-input-inset">',
-                                '<label class="item-input-wrapper">',
-                                    '<i class="icon ion-ios7-search placeholder-icon"></i>',
-                                    '<input class="google-place-search" type="search" ng-model="searchQuery" placeholder="' + (attrs.searchPlaceholder || 'Enter an address, place or ZIP code') + '">',
-                                '</label>',
-                                '<button class="button button-clear">',
-                                    attrs.labelCancel || 'Cancel',
-                                '</button>',
-                            '</div>',
-                            '<ion-content class="has-header has-header">',
-                                '<ion-list>',
-                                    '<ion-item type="item-text-wrap" ng-click="setCurrentLocation()" ng-if="displayCurrentLocation">',
-                                        'Use current location',
-                                    '</ion-item>',
-                                    '<ion-item ng-repeat="location in locations" type="item-text-wrap" ng-click="selectLocation(location)">',
-                                        '{{location.formatted_address}}',
-                                    '</ion-item>',
-                                '</ion-list>',
-                            '</ion-content>',
+                        '<div class="bar bar-header item-input-inset">',
+                        '<label class="item-input-wrapper">',
+                        '<i class="icon ion-ios7-search placeholder-icon"></i>',
+                        '<input class="google-place-search" type="search" ng-model="searchQuery" placeholder="' + (attrs.searchPlaceholder || 'Enter an address, place or ZIP code') + '">',
+                        '</label>',
+                        '<button class="button button-clear">',
+                        attrs.labelCancel || 'Cancel',
+                        '</button>',
+                        '</div>',
+                        '<ion-content class="has-header has-header">',
+                        '<ion-list>',
+                        '<ion-item type="item-text-wrap" ng-click="setCurrentLocation()" ng-if="displayCurrentLocation">',
+                        'Use current location',
+                        '</ion-item>',
+                        '<ion-item ng-repeat="location in locations" type="item-text-wrap" ng-click="selectLocation(location)">',
+                        '{{location.formatted_address || location.description}}',
+                        '</ion-item>',
+                        '</ion-list>',
+                        '<div class="spinner-container" ng-if="isCallInProgress"><ion-spinner></ion-spinner></div>',
+                        '</ion-content>',
                         '</div>'
                     ].join('');
 
@@ -64,12 +72,30 @@ angular.module('ion-google-place', [])
                     popupPromise.then(function(el){
                         var searchInputElement = angular.element(el.element.find('input'));
 
-                        scope.selectLocation = function(location){
-                            ngModel.$setViewValue(location);
-                            ngModel.$render();
-                            el.element.css('display', 'none');
-                            $ionicBackdrop.release();
-
+                        scope.selectLocation = function (location) {
+                            if(scope.playServices){
+                                scope.isCallInProgress = true;
+                                geocoder.geocode({address: location.description}, function (results, status) {
+                                    if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
+                                        scope.isCallInProgress = false;
+                                        scope.$apply(function () {
+                                            ngModel.$setViewValue(results[0]);
+                                            ngModel.$render();
+                                            el.element.css('display', 'none');
+                                            $ionicBackdrop.release();
+                                        });
+                                    } else {
+                                        scope.isCallInProgress = false;
+                                        // @TODO: Figure out what to do when the geocoding fails
+                                    }
+                                });
+                            }
+                            else{
+                                ngModel.$setViewValue(location);
+                                ngModel.$render();
+                                el.element.css('display', 'none');
+                                $ionicBackdrop.release();
+                            }
                             if (unbindBackButtonAction) {
                                 unbindBackButtonAction();
                                 unbindBackButtonAction = null;
@@ -117,26 +143,43 @@ angular.module('ion-google-place', [])
                                 });
                         };
 
-                        scope.$watch('searchQuery', function(query){
+                        scope.$watch('searchQuery', function (query) {
                             if (searchEventTimeout) $timeout.cancel(searchEventTimeout);
-                            searchEventTimeout = $timeout(function() {
-                                if(!query) return;
-                                if(query.length < 3);
+                            searchEventTimeout = $timeout(function () {
+                                if (!query) return;
+                                if (query.length < 3);
+                                var req = {};
+                                req.input = query;
+                                if(scope.playServices){
+                                    scope.isCallInProgress = true;
 
-                                var req = scope.geocodeOptions || {};
-                                req.address = query;
-                                geocoder.geocode(req, function(results, status) {
-                                    if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
-                                        scope.$apply(function(){
-                                            scope.locations = results;
-                                        });
-                                    } else {
-                                        // @TODO: Figure out what to do when the geocoding fails
-                                    }
-                                });
+                                    service.getQueryPredictions(req, function (predictions, status) {
+                                        if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
+                                            scope.locations = predictions;
+                                            scope.$apply();
+                                        }
+                                        scope.isCallInProgress = false;
+                                    });
+                                }
+                                else{
+                                    scope.isCallInProgress = true;
+                                    var req = scope.geocodeOptions || {};
+                                    req.address = query;
+                                    geocoder.geocode(req, function(results, status) {
+                                        if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
+                                            scope.$apply(function () {
+                                                scope.locations  = results;
+                                                scope.isCallInProgress = false;
+                                            });
+                                        } else {
+                                            // @TODO: Figure out what to do when the geocoding fails
+                                            scope.isCallInProgress = false;
+
+                                        }
+                                    });
+                                }
                             }, 350); // we're throttling the input by 350ms to be nice to google's API
                         });
-
                         var onClick = function(e){
                             e.preventDefault();
                             e.stopPropagation();
@@ -198,9 +241,15 @@ angular.module('ion-google-place', [])
                         if(!ngModel.$viewValue){
                             element.val('');
                         } else {
-                            element.val(ngModel.$viewValue.formatted_address || '');
+                            element.val(ngModel.$viewValue.street_address || ngModel.$viewValue.formatted_address || '');
                         }
+
                     };
+                    $timeout(function () {
+                        //initialize model value
+                        ngModel.$setViewValue(ngModel.$modelValue);
+                        ngModel.$render();
+                    },200);
 
                     scope.$on("$destroy", function(){
                         if (unbindBackButtonAction){