It’s a widely known fact that the Google Assistant in English has a tough time pronouncing some names over others. In case the assistant doesn’t pronounce your name properly, Google gives you the option to head over to the Assistant settings and record your own pronunciation (as seen in the screenshot below). Currently, there’s no way to train the Assistant to correctly pronounce the names of people in your contact list. While you can go to Google Contacts and edit your contact’s names to add the phonetic pronunciation, the process could be a bit cumbersome. A teardown of the latest version of the Google App reveals that the company is now working to make this process much simpler.
Actually I only noticed now it has the additional setting for my own nickname as I used to misspell it so the pronunciation is correct. But voice dialling for contacts can be a nightmare if your friend’s name is not John or Mary, so changes in this are will be really welcomed by many.
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#^Google App 10.93 hints at teaching Google Assistant how to pronounce your contacts’ names
An APK teardown of the Google App v10.93 suggests that Google might soon let you train the Assistant to pronounce the names of people in your contacts list.