Google Assistant Will Get Support for More Indian Languages Soon

Google Assistant recently gained support for the Hindi language, and subsequently on, it was reported that the virtual assistant might presently go far on Chromebooks too. It at present appears that Google is intent on bringing some AI banana to more countries and with support for a host of new languages.

At the 2018 Digital News Initiative hosted in Amsterdam, Google revealed the expansion plans and information technology volition reportedly add support for 17 new languages and aims to bring the virtual assistant to 52 countries this year.

Google Assistant will be available in well-nigh all Latin American and North American nations. Moreover, a practiced portion of Europe and Asia, including India, volition get dedicated linguistic communication back up for some languages in Google Banana. Standard arabic and Russian were reportedly confirmed to exist amid the 17 new languages that are being added.

Google Assistant Will Get Support for More Indian Languages Soon — Epitome courtesy: Twitter

The data has some credibility to it as it was on a slide shown at the event, and shared by journalist Elger van der Wel. Van der Wel tweeted – translated from Dutch – "For the start time officially pronounced by Google: Google Assistant will come up to kingdom of the netherlands this yr (we are bluish on the map!)"

Voor het eerst officieel uitgesproken door Google: Google Assistent komt dit jaar naar Nederland (we zijn blauw op de kaart!) #dnisummit #dni2018 pic.twitter.com/fYyU12FWpD

— Elger van der Wel (@elger) February fifteen, 2018

Still, nothing was revealed nigh the ETA for the Google Assistant update in the new territories, or specifically which languages volition get support in India.

With the expanded availability of the Google Assistant, information technology comes equally a no-brainer that Google'south Home line-upwards of smart speakers might also make it in some of the newly added regions. However, this is non an official annunciation, so a proverbial pinch of common salt is recommended until a argument from Google'southward side arrives.