Google updates Android Voice Search to support 13 additional languages, reaching 100m new users

By: on 8.17.12
Android Voice Search

Android Voice Search

As the battle over voice continues to unfold, Google announced Friday it has updated Voice Search for Android devices to support an additional 13 languages, bringing the total to 42 languages and regional accents in 46 countries. Following today’s new update, Google estimates that around 100 million Android device owners will now be able to use Voice Search, after it added recognition for Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, European Portuguese, Finnish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Swedish. Read the full story at The Next Web.

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