This very cool new feature for Google Translate does just that. Now, any pair of connected headphones can be your real-time, one-way translation assistant! Our goal with this change is to improve communication and language learning for all users around the world. The new UI is being deployed starting today in the United States and India. It allows customers to make more meaningful contributions with their chats across language barriers.
With this update, English speakers can now practice their German skills while Bengali, Mandarin Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, Hindi, Italian, Romanian, and Swedish speakers can practice their English. This feature makes Google Translate incredibly valuable. With support for more than 70 languages already, it’s capable of real-time translation across English and almost 20 other languages, including Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and German.
Best of all, the new feature works effortlessly with any pair of headphones. Getting started To use the Translate app, users simply open the app and tap ‘Live translate. From there, they’ll be able to experience in-person translations as they’re having conversations or taking in media in a second language.
“Whether you’re trying to have a conversation in a different language, listen to a speech or lecture while abroad, or watch a TV show or film in another language, you can now put in your headphones, open the Translate app, tap ‘Live translate’ and hear a real-time translation in your preferred language,” – Rose Yao, Google VP Product Management, Search Verticals.
The most recent additions to Google Translate bring it further in line with popular language-learning apps such as Duolingo. We’ve got some exciting new Gemini capabilities coming soon, so stay tuned! They’ll make the service better by giving you smarter, more natural and more accurate text translations. You can figure out context and determine the meaning of expressions. This lets you provide your users with more accurate translations, rather than simple field-to-field, literal translations.
This effort is a significant step towards realizing Google’s mission of using technology to make language learning more accessible, effective, and engaging for people everywhere. The company has vowed to roll this feature out to iOS devices and other countries by 2026.
