Google AI Mode Adds 7 Indian Languages + Search Live

Google expands AI Mode to Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu — and launches Search Live in India. Here's why it matters, how to try it, and the risks to watch.

Google AI Mode adds support for seven more Indian languages

Thought Google Search already “knew” your language? Now it will answer complex, conversational questions in seven more Indian tongues — and let you talk and point your camera at the world for live help. Big accessibility moment.

What Google just announced

Google has expanded AI Mode in Search to seven additional Indian languages — Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu — so millions more users can ask longer, conversational questions in their preferred language. The company also introduced Search Live — a multimodal voice + camera feature allowing real-time, spoken and visual interactions — and India is the first country outside the U.S. to get it (initially in English and Hindi).

Google says these updates are powered by its custom Gemini model for Search, which aims to understand local language nuance rather than merely translating English answers. The language expansion will roll out over the coming week; Search Live is available immediately via the Google app’s Live icon or Lens.

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Google emphasizes that AI Mode’s local-language support is more than translation: the custom Gemini model for Search is tuned to grasp idioms, regional phrasing and cultural context so answers feel native — important for accuracy in medicine, law, or cooking instructions. That’s an engineering lift: training models to respect dialectal nuance is harder than applying a translation layer.

Risk check: Model understanding doesn’t eliminate hallucinations or bias; local-language models need fresh evaluation and moderation pipelines. Media coverage and privacy advocates will watch how Google handles moderation, data use, and error correction in vernacular contexts. 

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How to try Search Live & AI Mode

• Update/open the Google app → look for the Live icon under the search bar, or open Google Lens and tap Live.
• Ask conversational questions in English, Hindi — or soon, the seven new languages — and try pointing the camera at objects, ingredients, or signs for real-time help.

Pro tip: For best results use a phone with a good camera + microphone and give the app permission to access the camera and mic.

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