"The tech giant is also bringing advanced Gemini capabilities to Google Translate and expanding its language learning tools in the Translate app. The new real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker's tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it's easier to follow the conversation and tell who's saying what, Google says. The new capability essentially turns any pair of headphones into a real-time, one-way translation device."
"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," said Rose Yao, Google VP Product Management, Search Verticals, in a blog post."
"As for the advanced Gemini capabilities coming to Translate, Google says they will enable smarter, more natural, and accurate text translations. They'll also enable improved translations of phrases with more nuanced meanings, like slang, idioms, or local expressions. For example, if you're trying to translate an English idiom like "stealing my thunder," you'll now get a more accurate translation instead of a literal word-for-word translation, as Gemini will parse the context to capture what the idiom really means."
A beta feature allows users to hear real-time translations through any pair of headphones while preserving each speaker's tone, emphasis, and cadence to make conversations easier to follow. The live translation capability is available now in the Translate app on Android in the U.S., Mexico, and India, supporting more than 70 languages, with plans to expand to iOS and additional countries in 2026. Advanced Gemini capabilities are being added to Translate to produce smarter, more natural, and context-aware text translations, improving handling of slang, idioms, and local expressions across nearly 20 language pairs.
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