Google adding 30 languages to Assistant by year's end

Google Assistant will soon be able to speak more than 30 languages. The internet giant said Friday its digital assistant software would be available in more than 30 languages by the end of 2018 as it steps up its artificial intelligence efforts against Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and others. New languages including Danish, Dutch, Hindi and Indonesian, among others, will be coming to Assistant this year, with more on the way throughout the year. Assistant will also become multilingual, 'so families or individuals that speak more than one language can speak naturally,' to the program, Google wrote in a blog post. Google Assistant released its AI software in 2016 and the technology is available on the firm's connected speakers, Android smartphones, TVs, Android Auto and other devices.