Aimed at getting more people in India to use its services, technology giant Google on Thursday announced addition of more local languages such as Tamil, Telugu and Bengali for products including Search, Lens, Discover and Bolo. It added that it will extend Search to three more Indian languages by the this year end.
Google also said that it will roll out the ‘interpreter mode’ in the Assistant on Android phones in the coming months. This will help users translate from one language to another in real-time, enabling two people who do not know each others’ language to converse.
The U.S.-headquartered firm is adding more Indian languages to other Google products, such as Discover – Google’s news feed, including Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam. Oriya, Urdu and Punjabi will follow soon.
Similarly, Google Lens, which allows people to search for information, ask questions and translate text by pointing their phone’s camera at things they’re interested in, will now be able to translate Tamil, Telugu and Marathi.
Another application Bolo, a speech-based app that helps children learn how to read, will get Bangla, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu as additional languages.
