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Amazon Polly completed a generative engine upgrade on October 23, 2026. According to information released by AWS Machine Learning, this upgrade adds 14 voices, covers 9 locales, and for the first time officially offers Hindi and Finnish in the generative engine. After the upgrade, Polly offers a total of 57 generative voices, covering 11 languages and 25 locales, with service scope extended to AWS GovCloud (US-West), covering a total of 11 AWS Regions. This is an in-place upgrade; existing voice names and API calls remain unchanged, pricing remains unchanged, and users do not need to modify code. There are currently no subsequent development facts.
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Amazon Polly generative engine major upgrade: adds 14 new voices and supports Hindi and Finnish for the first time
The Amazon Polly generative engine has completed an upgrade, adding 14 new voices across 9 locales and, for the first time, officially offering Hindi and Finnish in the generative engine. After the upgrade, it offers a total of 57 generative voices, covering 11 languages and 25 locales, and has expanded to AWS GovCloud (US-West), for a total of 11 AWS Regions. Existing voice names and API calls remain unchanged; this is an in-place upgrade with no price change and no code changes required.