# Amazon Polly adds 14 voices, Hindi and Finnish to Generative engine

> The new model, released on Oct 20, 2026, offers more natural speech, low‑latency streaming and expands language support.

Oossa · 2026-10-20 · https://oossa.com/en/amazon-polly-adds-14-voices-hindi-and-finnish-to-generative-engine

Amazon announced a new model for its Polly Generative engine. The upgrade brings 14 new voices across nine locales and adds Hindi and Finnish as supported languages. The voices sound more natural and handle numbers, email addresses and street addresses more reliably. Existing SSML tags still work, and the low‑latency streaming API remains for real‑time apps. The new voices are now generally available in ten AWS regions, including GovCloud.

## The facts

- Release date: 2026‑10‑20 ("Tue Oct 20 2026 17:32:00 GMT+0200")
- Adds 14 new voices and two new languages (Hindi, Finnish)

## Why it matters

Developers can build more realistic voice bots for contact centers and e‑learning without extra fine‑tuning.

## Sources & references

1. [Polly Generative engine upgraded with more natural speech, 14 new voices, and 2 new languages](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/polly-generative/) – AWS, 2026-10-20

Last updated: 2026-10-20