Search engine giant, Google has rolled out a new tab on Google Search for mobile phones to target the significant Hindi speaking population of India. They show results simultaneously both in English and Hindi. On Wednesday, in an official blog post Shekhar Sharad, the Product Manager of International Search said users in India would now be able to search for information online the same way they live: moving between multiple languages depending on the moment or the audience.
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Users can now type a query in English and to read the answer in Hindi they will just have to flip the tab. Sharad added for example, if you’d like to ask questions about your favourite movies or celebrities, you can type them in English and then flip the tab to read the answer in Hindi. Similarly users can now view the results in Hindi of health related information. The Google Search app that runs on most browsers, which includes Android or iOS mobile phone, will benefit users as far as their time is concerned. But as per the blogpost, it will not be available on UCBrowser and Opera Mini.
In north Indian states like Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, besides Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal these features can be accessed.
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Earlier we reported that Google wants to launch its own smart phone. Their aim of launching their own Android smart phone is not only to end the dominance of Apple’s iPhone in high-end segment but also to have more control over design apart from the software. It is reported by the Telegraph citing people who are familiar with the discussions that the new Google branded smart phone will extend the company’s move into hardware. The report also stated that the new device, which will be released by the end of the year according to a senior source, will see Google take more control over design, manufacturing and software.
