Google has announced availability of Google Assistant’s Lens feature for KaiOS phones users in India. Google Lens allows using the phone’s camera to translate real-world text (like a product label, street sign, or document, for example,) in a preferred language.
As per the information provided by Google in official blog post, It is currently available for English and several Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi and Tamil, and will soon be available in Kannada and Gujarati.
Today we are extending this capability to the millions of Google Assistant users on KaiOS devices in India. From Assistant, they can click the camera icon to simply point their phone at real-world text (like a product label, street sign, or document, for example,) and have it read back in their preferred language, translated, or defined. Just long press the center button from the home screen to get started with Assistant.
Within Google Assistant, KaiOS users can now use Google Lens to read, translate and define words in the real word
It is currently available for English and several Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi and Tamil, and will soon be available in Kannada and Gujarati. Users can simply press the right soft key once within Assistant to access and use this feature.
This is another step in our commitment to make language more accessible to everyone, and we hope this will enable millions of KaiOS users across the country to have a more seamless language experience.
