Google announced today that it is bringing its multi-search feature, which allows users to search by image and text, to India. The company said at its Google for India event on Monday that the feature will be available in English starting today and will support Hindi later.
For example, this feature allows users to take a picture of a dress pattern and add text like “dress” to search for dresses with that pattern. Multisearch was first announced in April and the company made it available to US users in October.
💠Can you find a notebook and a dress in ikat? No dictation ðŸ’
With Multisearch, you can take photos or screenshots and add text to your search, as if you were naturally pointing and asking a question.
Coming Soon 🔜 in various Indian languages ​​starting with Hindi.#GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/ZtXKtnHsGD
—Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
The search giant said separately that users can also search for YouTube videos. This feature, which will be available in the Google search app, will allow users to enter a phrase after tapping “Video Search”. You can search for a phrase and the results will show you how it appears in the video.
Having trouble getting to the right part of the video? 🇧🇷
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We are testing the ability to search for videos in the search app on your phone. Simply enter your search query using the Video Search feature and find exactly what you’re looking for.#GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/G3KIhpO7ow
—Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google also said it is improving speech recognition for people looking for voice prompts in the Hinglish language. For example, if someone asked “Sparrow ko Hindi mai kya kehte hai” (what is the name of a sparrow in Hindi), the older model would not recognize it correctly.
In addition, Google already allows users in India to view both English and Hindi search results pages at the same time. Now the company plans to launch it next year for Tamil, Telegu, Marathi and Bengali languages.
The company said it will make some of these options available immediately on iOS via Google’s in-app shortcuts, and roll them out on Android at a later date.
Source: La Neta Neta
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