Google adds Canadian French and 12 other languages to Gmail

Google aims to make Gmail as global as possible with the addition of 13 new languages to the email service’s interface. It now reportedly covers 94 percent of the world’s population. Google added Canadian French, Chinese (Hong Kong), Zulu, Afrikaans, Galician, Azerbaijani (Azeri), Sinhala, Armenian, Lao, Georgian, Nepali, Khmer, and Mongolian. The additional language support starts its roll out today for the Web and feature-phone browsers. You can try these out by adjusting the settings. However, the change in the display language does not change the language people use in sending or receiving emails.

Source: PC World

Google adds French, Japanese, German responses for mobile Search app

Google has updated the mobile version of its Search app for Android and iOS to add other languages for its voice search feature. You no longer just receive answers in English. The app can now answer questions for you in French, Japanese and German.

Source: Google Inside Search