Google's voice search feature now supports 8 more Indian languages

In order to help users search for content online by simply speaking into their Android phones, Tech giant Google has now added voice search capability for eight additional Indian languages.

Currently, in India, the voice search feature in Google is available in English and Hindi only. However, the search feature will now get other languages like Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil as well. "Globally, we now support voice search for 119 languages. We are introducing support for 30 new languages today, of which eight are Indian languages," Google Technical Program, Manager Daan van Esch told the press. "Starting today, speakers of these languages will be able to use their voice to dictate queries both in Gboard on Android as well as in Search through the Google App."

In order to perform a voice-based search, users will need to set their language in the voice settings menu in the Google app. Users can just tap the microphone icon (usually on the home screen of Android smartphones) to start a voice search. Lately, Google has been ramping support for Indian languages across its various products like Maps and Search. This might particularly be due to a large number of the new users coming online are Indic language users."Voice search in these new languages will be available in Google Search on iOS as well. These will soon be extended to other Google apps and products, including the Translate app," the company said.