diff --git a/examples/autoComplete/example.js b/examples/autoComplete/example.js
index 48f65be..eeb7f59 100644
--- a/examples/autoComplete/example.js
+++ b/examples/autoComplete/example.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 let map;
 let placesService;
 let predictionItems = [];
+let markers = [];
 
 function initMap() {
   const austinCoords = { lat: 30.268193, lng: -97.7457518 }; // Austin, TX :)
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ function initMap() {
       for (let i = 0; i < predictionItems.length; i++) {
         let prediction = predictionItems[i];
         if (prediction.description === ui.item.label) {
-          getPlaceDetails(prediction.place_id);
+          getPredictionInfo(prediction);
 
           // Clear our cached prediction items after making selection,
           // otherwise when the input widget loses focus it will trigger
@@ -77,11 +78,28 @@ function initMap() {
       searchInput.val(prediction.description);
       searchInput.autocomplete("close");
 
-      getPlaceDetails(prediction.place_id);
+      getPredictionInfo(prediction);
     }
   });
 }
 
+function getPredictionInfo(prediction) {
+  // Clear out any previous markers before we place new ones for the new prediction
+  markers.map((marker) => {
+    marker.setMap(null);
+  });
+  markers = [];
+
+  // If the prediction has a place_id, then we can do a getDetails
+  // Otherwise, the prediction is a query string (e.g. whataburgers in austin)
+  // so instead we need to do a textSearch to gather the place results
+  if (prediction.place_id) {
+    getPlaceDetails(prediction.place_id);
+  } else {
+    getTextSearch(prediction.description);
+  }
+}
+
 function getPlaceDetails(placeId) {
   var request = {
     placeId: placeId,
@@ -96,6 +114,29 @@ function getPlaceDetails(placeId) {
   });
 }
 
+function getTextSearch(query) {
+  var request = {
+    query: query,
+    location: map.getCenter(),
+  };
+
+  const resultsBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, function (results, status) {
+    if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
+      results.map((result) => {
+        createMarker(result);
+
+        resultsBounds.extend(result.geometry.location);
+      });
+
+      // Adjust the map to fit all the new markers we added
+      const paddingInPixels = 50;
+      map.fitBounds(resultsBounds, paddingInPixels);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 function createMarker(place) {
   if (!place.geometry || !place.geometry.location) return;
 
@@ -104,6 +145,8 @@ function createMarker(place) {
     position: place.geometry.location,
   });
 
+  markers.push(marker);
+
   // TODO: Add support for re-routing these event listeners to our MapLibre markers
   google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", () => {
     console.log("MARKER CLICKED", place.name);
diff --git a/src/places.ts b/src/places.ts
index 5f366a4..a8af645 100644
--- a/src/places.ts
+++ b/src/places.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,76 @@ class MigrationPlacesService {
         callback(null, PlacesServiceStatus.UNKNOWN_ERROR);
       });
   }
+
+  textSearch(request, callback) {
+    const query = request.query; // optional
+    const locationBias = request.location; // optional
+    const bounds = request.bounds; // optional
+    const language = request.language; // optional
+    const region = request.region; // optional
+
+    const input: SearchPlaceIndexForTextRequest = {
+      IndexName: this._placeIndexName,
+      Text: query, // required
+    };
+
+    // If bounds is specified, then location bias is ignored
+    if (bounds) {
+      // TODO: Change this to use GoogleLatLngBounds once MigrationLatLngBounds has
+      // been updated to handle all the constructor variants, which will handle converting
+      // either bounds from both LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral for us
+      let southWest;
+      let northEast;
+      if (bounds.getSouthWest !== undefined) {
+        southWest = bounds.getSouthWest();
+        northEast = bounds.getNorthEast();
+      } else {
+        southWest = GoogleLatLng(bounds.south, bounds.west);
+        northEast = GoogleLatLng(bounds.north, bounds.east);
+      }
+
+      input.FilterBBox = [southWest.lng(), southWest.lat(), northEast.lng(), northEast.lat()];
+    } else if (locationBias) {
+      const lngLat = LatLngToLngLat(locationBias);
+      if (lngLat) {
+        input.BiasPosition = lngLat;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (language) {
+      input.Language = language;
+    }
+
+    if (region) {
+      input.FilterCountries = [region];
+    }
+
+    const command = new SearchPlaceIndexForTextCommand(input);
+
+    this._client
+      .send(command)
+      .then((response) => {
+        const googleResults = [];
+
+        const results = response.Results;
+        if (results.length !== 0) {
+          results.forEach(function (place) {
+            // Include all supported fields as in findPlaceFromQuery,
+            // but not the additional fields for getDetails
+            const placeResponse = convertAmazonPlaceToGoogle(place, ["ALL"], false);
+
+            googleResults.push(placeResponse);
+          });
+        }
+
+        callback(googleResults, PlacesServiceStatus.OK);
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+
+        callback([], PlacesServiceStatus.UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+      });
+  }
 }
 
 class MigrationAutocompleteService {
diff --git a/test/places.test.ts b/test/places.test.ts
index 9109581..cbd133d 100644
--- a/test/places.test.ts
+++ b/test/places.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { MigrationPlacesService } from "../src/places";
-import { PlacesServiceStatus } from "../src/googleCommon";
+import { GoogleLatLng, GoogleLatLngBounds, PlacesServiceStatus } from "../src/googleCommon";
 
 // Spy on console.error so we can verify it gets called in error cases
 jest.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
@@ -249,3 +249,155 @@ test("getDetails should handle client error", (done) => {
     done();
   });
 });
+
+test("textSearch should only use bounds if location was also specified", (done) => {
+  const east = 0;
+  const north = 1;
+  const south = 2;
+  const west = 3;
+  const request = {
+    query: "cool places in austin",
+    bounds: GoogleLatLngBounds(GoogleLatLng(south, west), GoogleLatLng(east, north)),
+    location: GoogleLatLng(4, 5),
+  };
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, (results, status) => {
+    expect(results.length).toStrictEqual(1);
+    const firstResult = results[0];
+
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(SearchPlaceIndexForTextCommand));
+    const clientInput = mockedClientSend.mock.calls[0][0].input;
+
+    expect(clientInput.FilterBBox).toStrictEqual([west, south, north, east]);
+    expect(clientInput.BiasPosition).toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(firstResult.name).toStrictEqual("Austin");
+    expect(status).toStrictEqual(PlacesServiceStatus.OK);
+
+    // Signal the unit test is complete
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+test("textSearch should accept bounds as a literal", (done) => {
+  const east = 0;
+  const north = 1;
+  const south = 2;
+  const west = 3;
+  const request = {
+    query: "cool places in austin",
+    bounds: { east: east, north: north, south: south, west: west },
+  };
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, (results, status) => {
+    expect(results.length).toStrictEqual(1);
+    const firstResult = results[0];
+
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(SearchPlaceIndexForTextCommand));
+    const clientInput = mockedClientSend.mock.calls[0][0].input;
+
+    expect(clientInput.FilterBBox).toStrictEqual([west, south, east, north]);
+    expect(clientInput.BiasPosition).toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(firstResult.name).toStrictEqual("Austin");
+    expect(status).toStrictEqual(PlacesServiceStatus.OK);
+
+    // Signal the unit test is complete
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+test("textSearch should accept location bias if there is no bounds specified", (done) => {
+  const request = {
+    query: "cool places in austin",
+    location: GoogleLatLng(testLat, testLng),
+  };
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, (results, status) => {
+    expect(results.length).toStrictEqual(1);
+    const firstResult = results[0];
+
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(SearchPlaceIndexForTextCommand));
+    const clientInput = mockedClientSend.mock.calls[0][0].input;
+
+    expect(clientInput.BiasPosition).toStrictEqual([testLng, testLat]);
+    expect(clientInput.FilterBBox).toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(firstResult.name).toStrictEqual("Austin");
+    expect(status).toStrictEqual(PlacesServiceStatus.OK);
+
+    // Signal the unit test is complete
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+test("textSearch should accept language", (done) => {
+  const request = {
+    query: "cool places in austin",
+    location: GoogleLatLng(testLat, testLng),
+    language: "en",
+  };
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, (results, status) => {
+    expect(results.length).toStrictEqual(1);
+    const firstResult = results[0];
+
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(SearchPlaceIndexForTextCommand));
+    const clientInput = mockedClientSend.mock.calls[0][0].input;
+
+    expect(clientInput.BiasPosition).toStrictEqual([testLng, testLat]);
+    expect(clientInput.Language).toStrictEqual("en");
+
+    expect(firstResult.name).toStrictEqual("Austin");
+    expect(status).toStrictEqual(PlacesServiceStatus.OK);
+
+    // Signal the unit test is complete
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+test("textSearch should convert region to countries filter", (done) => {
+  const request = {
+    query: "cool places in austin",
+    location: GoogleLatLng(testLat, testLng),
+    region: "us",
+  };
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, (results, status) => {
+    expect(results.length).toStrictEqual(1);
+    const firstResult = results[0];
+
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockedClientSend).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(SearchPlaceIndexForTextCommand));
+    const clientInput = mockedClientSend.mock.calls[0][0].input;
+
+    expect(clientInput.BiasPosition).toStrictEqual([testLng, testLat]);
+    expect(clientInput.FilterCountries).toStrictEqual(["us"]);
+
+    expect(firstResult.name).toStrictEqual("Austin");
+    expect(status).toStrictEqual(PlacesServiceStatus.OK);
+
+    // Signal the unit test is complete
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+test("textSearch should handle client error", (done) => {
+  const request = {
+    query: clientErrorQuery,
+  };
+
+  placesService.textSearch(request, (results, status) => {
+    expect(results).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(status).toStrictEqual(PlacesServiceStatus.UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+
+    expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Signal the unit test is complete
+    done();
+  });
+});