Google's Bard, a Rival to ChatGPT, Expands Language Support to Include 9 Indian Languages

Google's AI chatbot, Bard, has recently expanded its support to include nine Indian languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, and Urdu. This update brings the total number of supported languages to over 40, making it more accessible for users to utilize features such as accurate word pronunciation, listening to poems or scripts, and exploring various functionalities.

With Bard, users can input a prompt and select the sound icon to hear Bard's responses. Additionally, users have the option to customize the tone and style of Bard's replies, choosing from options like simple, long, short, professional, or casual. While this feature is currently available in English, it will soon expand to include other languages.

To enhance productivity, Google has introduced new capabilities for pinning and renaming conversations with Bard across the supported languages. Users can now easily pin, rename, and access recent conversations from the sidebar. Sharing conversations with others has also been simplified.

Google has integrated the power of Google Lens into Bard, allowing users to upload images along with prompts. Bard will then analyze the photos and provide information or assist users in generating captions. Presently, this feature is available in English (US) and will be expanded to support more languages in the future.

In May, Google upgraded Bard to PaLM 2, a more advanced large language model. This upgrade has resulted in significant improvements, including enhanced math and reasoning skills, as well as coding capabilities. Coding has quickly become one of the most popular activities with Bard.

As part of the recent updates, Google now enables users to export Python code to Replit, in addition to Google Colab. This feature supports over 40 languages. With its expanding language support, productivity features, integration with Google Lens, and coding capabilities, Bard aims to provide users with a comprehensive and engaging conversational AI experience.