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Google Assistant gets its own phone number in India

Sep19
by on September 19, 2019 at 6:38 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, India


Google is making its Assistant available to people in India via a phone call, so they don’t need a smart speaker or even a smartphone to access the service. The company announced at its Google for India annual event it has partnered with mobile carrier Vodafone-Idea to enable this feature. And as with Assistant on connected devices, it works with multiple languages. The company said it’s been testing the line in two cities: Lucknow in Kanpur. If you’re a Vodafone-India user in India, you can call 000-800-9191-000 to chat with Assistant in English or Hindi. Google said you can check scores, get traffic…

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Google Lens now translates text around you in Indic languages

Sep19
by on September 19, 2019 at 6:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India


At its annual Google for India event in New Delhi today, the company today announced it’s adding support for Indic language translation through Google Lens. You can scan a sign through Google Lens and it’ll show you translated text in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, or Telugu. With this feature, you can also listen to the translated text. Plus, you can also tap on any of the translated words to trigger a Google search. Developing…

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