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India Leads The Global Shift To Voice-First Travel Apps

India is emerging as a global leader in voice-first travel technology, driven by its linguistic diversity and the launch of AI-native platforms like Ixigo Next's Tara assistant.

Key Takeaways

  1. 1Leverage multilingual AI assistants to cater to diverse linguistic markets and code-mixed languages like Hinglish.
  2. 2Adopt a "NewCo inside OldCo" strategy by creating dedicated internal teams to rebuild products from the AI layer up.
  3. 3Watch India as the primary testing ground for voice-native interfaces due to its high adoption of voice-first consumer behavior.

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Source: Skift

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