Schmidt Insinuates That Google Now For iOS Has Been Submitted For Review, Apple Denies
Schmidt never said outright that they had submitted a Now app to the store, but that was the obvious implication. A couple of years ago, Schmidt saying silly things was a common event, but he has restrained his outlandish comments significantly since then, making his comments on Now for iOS all the more strange.
Irrespective of this weird PR situation, I am pretty confident that Google has plans to release an incarnation of Now on iOS, sometime soon. I would wager to see it — albeit rather sarcastically — within six months.