India is very important market for Google. This is the reason it has been launching India specific things and features for past few months. Today, Google announced Indian Language Internet Alliance (ILIA). In this effort, it launched a new portal hindiweb.com for hindi related content. It also demoed a voice search in Hindi. with ILIA, Google wants to turn Hindi language speakers into active Internet users. It aimed to connect 300 million Hindi speakers into an Internet users by 2017.
Hindiweb.com is a new portal which is a collection of websites which offers content in Hindi. For this, Google has partnered with leading Indian technology, news and content companies to offers better content in Hindi language. Google has added key players like ABP News, Amar Ujala Publications, IDB Digital, Firstouch, HinKhoj, NDTV, Network 18, Oneindia.com, and Times Internet Limited under this initiative. In this portal, users will be able to find hindi-related content like blogs, apps, videos and news.
Google Voice search and Knowledge graph will also be available in Hindi. Voice search is really an important part of this. Searching content in hindi is not easier just by typing keyboard. You need to learn it first. And people who don’t speak English are those who will find learning typing in Hindi hard. So, try searching via voice search. Google has also launched a new Hindi keyboard.
Google has been investing lots of money and efforts to get most of Indian market. It launched India specific affordable smartphone initiative Android One with standardized hardware and stock Android experience. It also launched Google Maps in Hindi and later added Hindi voice navigation to maps. Google Voice search has also been improved to understand Indian accent and now to understand Hindi language.
