Google Assistant is getting new voices in nine more languages

Google Assistant offers 11 (yes, eleven) different English voices in the US, but the rest of the world doesn't get as wide a selection. However, Google is now adding more voices in nine more languages, including English (India), English (UK), German, and French.

Here are the nine languages that now offer a second Assistant voice:

• Dutch
• English (India)
• English (UK)
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Norwegian

All of these new voices were built using DeepMind WaveNet tech, making them sound like an actual person's speech pattern.

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