Google: Google for India: New India-specific features in Assistant, Search and Google Pay – Times of India

Google has announced new India-specific product features and partnerships in the seventh edition of google for india the seminar. The tech giant claims that the features will help new internet users in India get easy access to information and provide support to small businesses and youth. Here are some of the new features announced by the company:
Google Assistant-enabled end-to-end vaccine booking
The company has announced a pilot where Google Assistant will help users through the process of booking a vaccination appointment. covin Website with voice guidance in English and eight Indian languages ​​at each stage.

The company claims that it has teamed up with COWIN to enable this integration and it will be available in the Chrome browser on Android smartphones from early 2022.
Google translate search results into local language
Google has announced the launch of a new feature in Search that will give users the option to access web pages in other languages ​​and view it in their preferred local language. Now, when searching in a local language, if Google isn’t able to locate websites that contain information in that language, it will look for content on pages that may be in other languages ​​and have them in the language of the user’s query. can translate.

The company also launched a Global First Search feature that will enable users to hear search results aloud. The feature will be available in five Indian languages ​​including Hinglish (a conversational hybrid of Hindi and English) and Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil.
Google Pay gets Hinglish language and more
The company is adding Hinglish language to Google Pay. With this addition, users will be able to navigate the app in the language of their choice, with Hinglish as an alternative that a large section of Indians is naturally conversant with.

Google Pay also announced the upcoming launch of the Speech to Text feature that will allow users to use voice as an input to add an account number to the app to initiate payments and for shared expenses within a group. Will provide an additional facility to split the bills.