Google Messaging App Allo Gets Smart Reply And Hindi Assistant Feature

Google, has begun rolling out Hindi Assistant to its Allo instant messaging application in India. To review, Google at its Make for India occasion in September had promised that Allo will get Hindi Assistant later this year. Aside from Hindi Assistant, Google's Allo application will now incorporate "Smart Reply" in the Hindi language too, with the assistance of machine learning. Google says that the new components will start taking off on Google Allo for Android and iOS users from Monday, and will be accessible on all gadgets over the "coming few days". The new component is centered around bringing the non-English speakers on the web.

Google instant messaging app Allo

Google also declared that India has the highest number of Allo users. With the most recent feature, Google Assistant in Allo will now comprehend and react in Hindi. To begin talking in Hindi inside Assistant, Allo users will have to say "Talk to me in Hindi", or they can also change the language preference setting on the gadget. Declaring the new Hindi expansion to Allo, Google also claims that the app will understand text alongside images in Hindi using machine learning algorithms.

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"Smart Reply will recognize the language you're chatting in and begin to show suggested responses in that language," says Google in a press statement. Google Allo continues to show "Smart Reply" in English if users chat in the English language though when it detects Hindi, it will start showing suggestions in the language. Once again, this setting can be tweaked via your device's language settings.

Google Assistant in Allo

Reporting the new Hindi expansion, Amit Fulay, Group Product Manager, Google said, "Since its launch, Google Allo has received a tremendous response, especially in India, which has one of the highest numbers of Google Allo users. The Google Assistant, in particular, is one of the most loved features in Google Allo - one in every 12 messages in group chats are messages to the Google Assistant. We are enthused by this and today's launch enables us to extend these features to the next millions of users in a language of their choice."

Google instant messaging app Allo

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