Google just launched Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, a new audio model delivering near real-time voice translation across 70+ languages. Instead of waiting for you to stop talking, it streams continuous audio just seconds behind the speaker while preserving natural pitch, pacing, and intonation. It is rolling out to the Google Translate app, Google Meet, and developers via the Gemini Live API.
Google Translate just marked its 20th anniversary by rolling out an AI-powered pronunciation practice feature. The tool listens to your speech and offers instant feedback to help you nail tricky pronunciations. It is currently launching in the US and India across English, Spanish, and Hindi, with more languages on the way.
Google just expanded its AI-powered Live Translate headphone feature to iOS and 12 countries across both mobile platforms. Powered by Gemini, it works with any standard pair of headphones across 70+ languages, keeping each speaker’s tone and cadence intact without requiring dedicated translation hardware.
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web tool supporting over 50 languages to directly challenge Google Translate. The tool lets users customize translation styles like "academic" or "business formal," with voice input enabled on mobile browsers. It's OpenAI's latest push to unbundle ChatGPT features into dedicated web utilities, though dedicated mobile apps and image support are still missing.
Google just updated its Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio model to make real-time voice agents significantly better at multi-turn conversations and function calling. The tech also lands in the Google Translate app with a live speech-to-speech beta that streams translated audio straight into your headphones while keeping your natural tone and pitch.
Google just added two major AI-powered features to its Translate app, using Gemini models for real-time live conversations across 70+ languages and custom interactive language practice. The live mode auto-detects pauses and filters out cafe noise with a single tap, while the practice feature builds personalized speaking scenarios. Live translation launches today in the US, India, and Mexico, with learning tools in beta.
Google just rolled out 110 new languages to Google Translate powered by its PaLM 2 model, marking its biggest expansion ever. The update opens up translation to more than 614 million speakers—around 8% of the global population—spanning from widely requested tongues like Cantonese to reviving Indigenous languages like Manx. PaLM 2 makes it far easier for models to learn closely related dialects without abundant standalone training data.
Google just updated its privacy policy to explicitly state that it may train AI models like Bard and Cloud AI on publicly available web data. While the company previously cited this practice for tools like Google Translate, the expanded wording effectively turns the open web into training fuel—without explaining how it handles copyrighted material.
