You can now teach the Google Assistant how to pronounce names

You'll soon be able to teach the Google Assistant how to pronounce names.

Google demoed the process in a new video (embedded above). Press a button in the Google Assistant contact section to have the Assistant listen to your pronunciation of a name, and the Assistant will update its records. Google says the feature doesn't keep a recording of your voice. Teaching the Google Assistant correct pronunciations will boost voice recognition accuracy as well, which should help when you tell the Assistant to call someone. Google says the feature will be available in English in "the next few days," with the "hope to expand to more languages soon."

Using the feature requires you to navigate through the crazy-complicated Google Assistant settings. Open the Google app, then press "More," "Settings," "Google Assistant," and "You." From there, it looks like the pronunciation of your name will be in "Basic Info," while the pronunciation of contacts will be in "Your People." Even if you have an Android phone, the Google Assistant keeps a completely separate list of contacts from your actual phone contacts, so you'll have to set up contacts separately if you haven't already. This section is also where the Assistant will let you tag family members so you can say things like "call mom" and have the Assistant understand which contact that is.

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