You can now talk to Google Assistant in Hindi
Everybody needs a helping hand sometimes, that helps you get things done. Over the last year, Google has launched the Assistant in Hindi in Allo, brought the English Assistant to more phones, and made a special version available for Reliance Jio feature phones. This is definitely not the first time we are seeing Assistant work in Hindi. Last month we wrote about Google Assistant being able to understand Hindi, but this needed some workarounds so it wasn’t considered as the ‘complete’ version. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, so Assistant not being able to speak the language was a major omission. Now, more Indian users can get help from their Hindi Assistant, Google Assistant in Hindi is rolling out to Android phones (Marshmallow and above) and soon will be available to Android Lollipop and iPhone devices.
Google Assistant lets you have a conversation with Google to help you get things done in your world — from telling you about your day, to finding the fastest route to work, or just setting an alarm for the next day — all in Hindi. To try it out, just touch and hold the Home button or say “Hey Google” on eligible smartphones and your Google Assistant will be ready to help you throughout your day. Even when your hands are full, you can quickly send text messages, set reminders, or get directions with the Google Assistant.
Google Assistant is built on two decades of experience in Search as well as natural language understanding, computer vision, machine learning, and understanding user context. That’s how Google Assistant is able to understand intent behind words to handle follow-up questions and complex, multi-step tasks. And it’ll only get better over time — with your permission, it can learn your preferences, your likes and your dislikes — all done in a private, secure way that puts you in control.
The Google Assistant is truly Indian, it’s your helpful friend that speaks your language and understands the things you care about, from finding biryani recipes, to pulling up the latest cricket score, to know more about winter olympics, to plan for your valentine evening or finding directions to the nearest ATM. In order to make it even more useful to Indians over time, developers and businesses can build Actions for the Hindi Assistant through the developer platform Actions on Google. Once an action is built, you can just say “Ok Google, talk to…” and access the service or content straight through your Google Assistant.
Here are some examples of questions you can ask your Google Assistant:
“Sabse kareeb Punjabi restaurant kahaan hain?“
“Dadar tak pahunchne mein kitna samay lagega?“
“Cricket ka score kya hain?“
You can even instruct it…
“Kal subah mujhe saat baje jagaao“
“Selfie kheencho“
“Papa ko SMS bhejo “5 minutes mein pahunchenge”
Google Assistant in Hindi is now available on
- Android phones 6.0+ (Marshmallow and above),
- in Allo and soon on Android 5.0+ Lollipop, Android Oreo (Go edition), and
- iPhones (iOS 9.1 and above).
Here’s how to activate and use Google Assistant in Hindi
To access the Hindi Google Assistant, set your device language to Hindi and update your Google Search app to the latest version and you should be good to go. You’ll be able to do the same things as the English version of Assistant — finding directions to nearby restaurants or nearby points of interest, getting score updates, setting an alarm or a reminder, or seeing your calendar entries. The main difference now is that you can ask those queries in Hindi, and the Assistant will not only understand your question, but respond to you in Hindi as well. For an overview of all Actions already available for the Hindi Assistant, and how to make the most of Google Assistant, refer our post below:
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