Finally some good news for voice assistant lovers from India! After seven months of introducing Google Home and Home Mini in India, Google has finally added Hindi as an official communication language to previously mentioned smart speakers.

Google, via blog article, said: “Powered by the Google Assistant, with a simple “Ok Google” or “Hey Google”, you can get answers, pull up your favorite tunes, get a heads up on everyday tasks, or even control smart devices. Beginning today, people in India can now talk to their Assistant on Google Home in Hindi”.

Users are now allowed to choose between Hindi and English.

To install Hindi as your primary Language, you are just required to head to the Google Home app in your smartphone, pick the Account option present in the bottom right corner, and click on the Settings option.

Google Assistant in Hindi is now available for Google Home and Google Home Mini and is expected to get more new features soon.







What’s with Amazon Alexa and Hindi?

Amazon assistant – Alexa in India is still able to talk only in English. But with the help of Indian users, this should change as soon. Users will have be able to chat with in Hindi, and at the same time, they will teach Alexa how to talk Hindi.

Amazon India on August 14 launched a new ability for Alexa in India. The new skill is called Cleo and is aimed to assist the AI agent in learning Hindi and other local languages. This also includes Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu and Gujarati among other Indian languages.

The ability will help the company improve Alexa’s speech recognition and ability to present Hindu language on its assistance.

Alexa still hasn’t fully embraced local vernacular languages, but with Cleo, this might also happen soon. For now, it can understand phrases in local languages and does a reasonably good job at understanding the Indian accent.





