Google Assistant recently gained support for the Hindi language, and later on, it was reported that the virtual assistant might soon arrive
on Chromebooks too. It now appears that Google is intent on bringing
some AI assistant 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 it will 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 nearly all Latin American and North American nations. Moreover, a good portion of Europe and Asia, including India,
will get dedicated language support for some languages in Google
Assistant. Arabic and Russian were reportedly confirmed to be among the
17 new languages that are being added. Image courtesy: Twitter
The information 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 first time officially
pronounced by Google: Google Assistant will come to the Netherlands this
year (we are blue on the map!)”
However, nothing was revealed about the ETA for the Google Assistant
update in the new territories, or specifically which languages will get
support in India.
With the expanded availability of the Google Assistant, it comes as a
no-brainer that Google’s Home line-up of smart speakers might also
arrive in some of the newly added regions. However, this is not an
official announcement, so a proverbial pinch of salt is recommended
until a statement from Google’s side arrives.
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