Change your language or use multiple languages

Choose the Google Assistant device you're using:

Phone or tablet

Important: Some features aren't available in all languages or countries.

Change or add a language

Google Assistant will speak to you in the language you have set in your iPhone or iPad settings. You can change or add a language to speak with your Assistant in the Google Assistant settings.

For example, if your phone is set to English (US) and you set the Google Assistant language to Spanish (US), you can speak to Google Assistant in English or Spanish.

You can use up to 3 languages with Google Assistant on your device: your iPhone or iPad language, plus 2 Assistant languages.

Speaker

Important: Some features aren't available in all languages or countries.

Change or add a language

When you add another language, you can speak with the Google Assistant in any selected language and it will respond in the same language.

Tip: If each person using a speaker wants to use a different language, each person must set up Voice Match with the device. This will allow the Google Assistant to recognize and respond in your preferred language.

Smart Display

Languages you can use

On Smart Displays, the Google Assistant is available in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Change or add a language

When you add another language, you can speak with the Google Assistant in any selected language and it will respond in the same language.

Tip: If each person using a speaker wants to use a different language, each person must set up Voice Match with the device. This will allow the Google Assistant to recognize and respond in your preferred language.

Smart Clock

Languages you can use

On Smart Clocks, you can use the Google Assistant in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Change or add a language

Headphones

Watch

Important: Some features aren't available in all languages or countries.

Change or add a language

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Wear OS app.
  2. Under "Settings," tap Google Assistant and thenSettings.
  3. Tap Preferences and then Assistant language.
  4. Choose a language.
    • To change the primary language, tap your current language.
    • To add another language, tap Add a language.

You can talk to the Google Assistant in either language, but not a mix of both.

TV

On Android TVs, the Google Assistant is available in English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese. More languages are coming soon.

On Google TV devices, Google Assistant is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.

On TVs that don't run the Android TV operating system, available languages vary. On LG TVs, the Google Assistant is available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish. On all other TVs, the Google Assistant is only available in English.

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