In a time when we are all hooked on to our smartphones which makes things easier for us, Google's feature of Assistant is looking more 'marriage material' for people it seems. The voice-based assistant which launched last year has received marriage proposals. And we are not talking of some hundreds but a total of 4.5 lakh! Google Assistant recently became available in Hindi and looks like people are totally smitten!

Rishi Chandra VP of Product Management on stage said, "Google Assistant is available in India in Hindi and English. It has increasingly become popular in India. We have 4.5 lakh marriage proposals to Google Assistant from India." He was speaking at the launch of the voice-activated speakers- Google Home and Google Home Mini during which he revealed this.

Using voice commands instead of typing is becoming extremely popular among the smartphone users today. With a service available in Hindi, it would only be more convenient for users, who earlier were not comfortable with English. One needs to set up their device language to Hindi, in order to use the Hindi voice command. Rajan Anandan, VP India and South East Asia, “Voice input covers more than a 1 billion consumers in 119 languages all around the world today." he said. Google Assistant Now in Hindi: Know All About the Recently Rolled Out Feature in New Language

Google has said that by the end of this year, the feature will roll out in more 30 languages. Google Assistant is currently available in eight languages including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazil) on Android phones. One needs to just say Ok Google in the microphone and the Assistant helps you further. Looks like, users are more impressed with this technology and thus seeking a companionship! With 4.5 lakh marriage proposals, Google Assitant is sure impressive.

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