Amazon Polly Generative engine gets major upgrade: more expressive and accurate, 14 new voices in 9 locales, Hindi and Finnish GA
Announced October 22, 2026
Verified (fact)
AWS upgraded the Generative engine of Amazon Polly to produce more expressive and accurate speech with low latency. It added 14 new voices across 9 locales and now officially supports Hindi and Finnish. The upgrade applies without changes to existing code and is generally available in production.
Needs fact-check (claim)
AWS says expressiveness and accuracy are greatly improved with low latency (no evaluation figures in the materials).
Why it matters (interpretation)
Because quality improves without code changes, operators of Polly-based voice services will see the difference immediately.
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