"Starting today for Android phones, Google says you can now hear real-time foreign language translation from the Translate app right in your headphones, thanks to Gemini's new live speech-to-speech translation capabilities. Also: Are voice translation earbuds actually viable in public? I tested some, here's my advice The feature works with any headphones and supports more than 70 languages. Google will add support for iOS and more countries next year."
"While the Translate app does have an existing feature that translates a conversation live, this new option preserves the tone, emphasis, and cadence of each speaker. Google added that Translate will use Gemini's capabilities to better handle phrases with nuanced meanings, idioms, local expressions, or slang. For example, if someone says a phrase like "stealing my thunder," you'll get a helpful translation that says what the phrase really means instead of a literal word-for-word translation."
Google Translate now streams real-time speech-to-speech translations into any connected headphones on Android, powered by Gemini. The feature preserves speakers' tone, emphasis, and cadence for more natural-sounding output and improves handling of nuanced meanings, idioms, local expressions, and slang. The feature supports more than 70 languages and will expand to iOS and additional countries next year. Users activate the feature by opening Translate and tapping Live Translate while connected to earbuds or headphones. The system aims to provide helpful, meaning-based translations rather than literal word-for-word renderings for idiomatic phrases.
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