A few months back, Google unveiled Gemini Live which captured everyone’s attention. With Gemini Live, you can have a free-flowing conversation with Gemini in a more natural way. You can even interrupt it like when you want to add more details or change the topic of the conversation.
When Google launched Gemini Live in August, it was made available in only English. Now, at the Google for India event, the tech giant announced that Gemini Live is rolling out in Hindi, with eight more Indian languages to follow in the coming weeks. Those eight languages are Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Urdu.
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Google revealed that over 40% of Gemini’s Indian language users rely on voice interactions in India. So, I think this update will be beneficial for many users using Gemini.
The tech giant also revealed that Indian users listen to AI Overviews responses more often than other countries. Currently available in English and Hindi, in the coming weeks, you’ll also get helpful AI Overviews in Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, and Marathi as well.
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Furthermore, you will soon be able to use Lens to search with a video and ask more complex questions about things in motion. For instance, imagine you’re cooking, and the pressure cooker whistle isn’t working properly. So, you just have to open Lens in the Google app, and hold on the shutter button to record a video of it while asking out loud, “How do I fix this?” Simple, right? This capability will soon be available for Search Labs users enrolled in the “AI Overviews and more” experiment, with support for mobile English queries.
Coming to Google Maps, the tech giant is adding two new weather-related alerts in India for low visibility areas due to fog and flooded roads. So, if you ever find yourself driving into a foggy area or if a downpour has impacted your upcoming route, you can both see and report these alerts.