Language might not be a barrier in communication with Google’s new ‘Live Translate,’ an AI-powered feature that delivers real-time translations directly to your headphones. Now expanding to iOS and more countries, it lets users instantly understand and connect in over 70 languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.
Following the rollout, the feature is now accessible on both iOS and Android in the US, India, Germany, Mexico, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, the UK, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand. Previously, it was limited to Android users in the US, India, and Mexico.
Other supported languages include Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Dari, Finnish, Filipino, French, Canadian French, Galician, Hungarian, Croatian, Armenian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Hebrew, Javanese, Georgian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Malay, Burmese, Nepali, Norwegian, Dutch, Punjabi Arabic, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, and Zulu.
Sasha Kapur, Product Manager at Google Translate, explains that Live Translate, powered by Google’s Gemini AI, turns any pair of headphones into a real-time translation tool. The feature preserves the speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence, making conversations easier to follow.
Kapur says it’s ideal for everything from train announcements to travel tips, or even chatting with relatives in another language. “Dinners with my aunts and uncles in Punjabi used to feel like watching a movie without subtitles. Now, I can follow the jokes and conversation in real-time,” she added.
Originally launched in beta last year, the feature aims to create natural, easy-to-follow translations. Users can try it by opening the Google Translate app, tapping Live Translate, and selecting Listening.