Google Assistant can now be used in Hindi. People can now give voice commands to Google Assistant in Hindi. To access the Hindi Google Assistant, set your device language to Hindi and update Google search app to the latest version. By the end of this year, Google Assistant will be available in more than 30 languages.

The Hindi Assistant will be available on Android phones 6.0+ (Marshmallow and above) and will soon come to Android 5.0 Lollipop, iPhones as well as Android Oreo (Go edition) devices. It is currently readily available in Hindi on the messaging platform Allo and in a special version on Reliance Jio feature phones.

Nick Fox, Vice President of Product, Google in a recent blog post wrote, "The Assistant is already available in eight languages, and by the end of the year it will be available in more than 30 languages, reaching 95 percent of all eligible Android phones worldwide."

Google Assistant, a Google app allows its users to turn their smartphones into a virtual assistant simply by saying 'OK Google' into the microphone or clicking the button on the smartphones' homepage. Google Assistant is currently available in eight languages including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazil) on Android phones.

"In the next few months, we'll bring the Assistant to Danish, Dutch, Hindi, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish and Thai on Android phones and iPhones, and we’ll add more languages on more devices throughout the year," Fox said in a blog post.

Fox in the blog further said, "With this new feature, the Assistant will be able to understand you in multiple languages fluently. If you prefer to speak German at work, but French at home, your Assistant is right there with you. Multilingual will first be available in English, French, and German, with support for more languages coming over time."

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