Google for India 2019: Google announces ‘Google Research India’ AI lab, Interpreter Mode, Jobs Spot in Google Pay and more
Google made several announcements at its 5th annual edition of Google for India event. The various announcements include a new Google Research India AI lab, partnership with BSNL to bring public WiFi to villages, support for Google Assistant in feature phones for Vodafone-Idea subscribers, support for more Indian languages in Google Assistant, Google Pay for Business and more. Google Research India Google Research India is an AI lab located in Bangalore and Google says that they are opening the lab with the goal to Advance fundamental Computer Science research in India in the fields of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Languages, Speech, Systems, and several other related areas. It also aims to apply fundamental research to tackle problems in areas like healthcare, agriculture, and education. Public WiFi at villages Google has been providing WiFi at a majority of the railway stations in India and today, Google has partnered with BSNL to expand gStation public WiFi to villages across Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Bihar. This is the second rollout after the announcement of the collaboration in May 2019 where 3000 hotspots went live. Google Assistant, Interpreter Mode, Bolo, and Lens Google is now introducing Language Decoupling in Google Assistant where Indian users can now simply ask to change their ... 
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