Bangalore, August 15, 2013 - Samsung  has extended the reach of its smartphones and tablets  in India  by  adding user interfaces and access to content in 9 Indian languages -- Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Gujarati. The features will be  immediately available on  Galaxy Grand, Galaxy S4 and Tab 3.

Popular applications like Bharat Matrimony, Ganesh speak, India property, Times of India, BSE and Mydala amongst hundreds of other applications will soon be available in vernacular language for users. Customers can right away get experience in their own language by using Chaton, Facebook, Gmail and Newshunt on select Samsung devices.

Says Vineet Taneja, Country Head, Samsung Mobile and IT, Samsung India: “Availability of content combined with easy access is the key driver for usage of any language. We clearly sense a need and a demand amongst users to communicate in local languages using their mobile devices. We will not only work with content providers towards making more regional language content available, but we will develop the eco system by working with app developersso that more Indian consumers can enjoy their mobile experience in their own language."