Google is rolling out brand new search innovation in India, one of the search business’s most significant markets, including multilingual search results and in-video search.
This week, Google held its 8th Google For India event, where it unveiled the following search features:
- Browse in video
- Bilingual search engine result
- Bilingual voice search
- Natural language search in Google Pay
- Handwriting to text translation through Google Lens
These functions might eventually make their method to The United States and Canada, so it’s worth keeping them on your radar.
Here’s more details about the above-listed features, introducing first in India.
Browse In Video
Google is making it possible to search within Buy YouTube Subscribers videos.
As you’re seeing a video on Buy YouTube Subscribers, tap on “Browse in video” and go into the topic in the video you want to skip to.
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We’re piloting the capability to browse within videos on your phone’s Search app. Just enter your question utilizing the ‘Search in video’ feature & find exactly what you’re trying to find. #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/G3KIhpO7ow— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
In an article, Google states:
“Besides images, videos are likewise a rich source of visual info but it’s typically difficult to discover something buried inside a long clip. For instance, maybe you’re enjoying a long video about Agra, and you’re curious if it also covers Fatehpur Sikri. With a new function we’re piloting, you’re now able to search for anything that’s mentioned in a video, right from Browse. Merely get in a search term using the ‘Browse in video’ function and rapidly discover what you’re trying to find.”
Multilingual Search Results Page
Google is making search engine result in India bilingual, serving results in the user’s local languages alongside English outcomes.
Presenting an India-first innovation which makes Search results multilingual for people who choose it that method. #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/B4iCqeb6Zc
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google states in a blog post:
“Language needs in India are ending up being more dynamic, and multilingual, and we’re likewise seeing this reflected in people’s search experiences. Notably, the majority of Google users in India take in more than one language.
To make it easier for individuals who utilize more than one language to look for and explore details, we’re now making search results page pages bilingual, for individuals who prefer it that way.”
This functionality is presenting in Hindi and will expand to other Indian languages, consisting of Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and Bengali, in the coming year.
Bilingual Voice Search
Google is improving speech acknowledgment innovation for Hinglish speakers, a hybrid of Hindi and English.
Searchers in India can carry out a voice search utilizing Hindi and English in the very same query, and Google will be able to comprehend what they’re searching for.
When you search “cheese kis cheez se banta hai”, Voice Browse will much better understand your Hinglish inquiry– so you’ll always get gouda outcomes #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/f1vihmB9df
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google states in a blog post:
“We wish to assist more people, and specifically Indians, ask questions naturally and intuitively with their voice. Today we’re announcing a brand-new speech recognition model that can better understand individuals who speak in Hinglish. We’re doing this through making use of a brand-new, neural-network inspired speech recognition model that takes into account the person’s accents, surrounding sounds, context, and speaking designs.”
Natural Language Browse In Google Pay
Google is debuting a feature in India that allows users to conduct natural language searches in Google Pay.
Users can now query Google Pay using natural language concerns like, “Show me how much I invested in coffee recently.”
“Fuel expenditures last month”
“Grocery invests recently”The new ‘Transaction Search’ feature on Google Pay, makes it possible to track our spends, and make month-ends smoother #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/7kOHWA1hXB
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Handwriting To Text Translation
Google is working on a feature for Google Lens that equates physicians’ handwriting into clear text.
We have actually started working on the complex process of determining what’s written on medical prescriptions by building an assistive model to digitise it, using AI, for medical health care professionals. #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/XD8YwJ6HBr
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google hasn’t dedicated to a launch date for this function and notes that it’s intended for medical professionals.
Nevertheless, the development of this technology could potentially cause other usage cases in the future.
Source: Google