HTC brings Indian language support to Android smartphones

HTC has announced that it will soon roll-out an update to bring full language support for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi on its select smartphones. With the help of this update, consumers will be able to read and write in these supported languages through all messaging functions on HTC smartphones that have been launched in this year. The language support will also be available while browsing the Internet and in all applications available through Google Play.

The HTC smartphones that have been launched so far in the year include HTC One X, HTC One S, HTC One V, Desire C and Desire V.

It is noteworthy that HTC had indicated that it will be bringing full Indian language support when it had launched HTC Explorer is Q4 2011 and it has finally acted on that promise now.

Additionally, HTC also plans to add support for fourth language, Bengali, on selected applications available on Google Play.

All the existing HTC One series and Desire series of smartphones will be getting a software update soon that will add the reading and writing capability for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi languages. While Bengali language viewing capability will be available from August 2012.

"HTC is committed to helping Indian consumers communicate easily through a more intuitive mobile experience, which can only be offered with full Indian language capability on their smartphones. HTC continues to be the smartphone brand of choice for the India market due to our focus on what the consumer needs, and delivering that in an encompassing, holistic manner," said Faisal Siddiqui, Country Manager, HTC India.