Google Meet Will Add Real-Time Speech Translation To Android And iOS

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Google Meet is introducing its real-time speech translation functionality on Android and iOS. In the past, this feature was limited to desktop meetings, which means phone and tablet users will soon be able to listen to translated speech instead of just reading it as captions.

Google confirmed the mobile rollout alongside the broader launch of speech translation for business-focused Google Workspace plans.

Speech translation is no longer desktop-only

While standard captions are still an option, Google Meet’s speech translation goes a step further by turning spoken language into translated audio in real time. That lets people keep talking in their native language while others hear a translated voice track, instead of constantly looking down at text.

Up to now, this has been a desktop-only feature. Google says the same spoken translation experience is coming to the Meet apps on Android and iOS in the coming months.

There’s no exact release date yet, but the mobile rollout is now officially on the roadmap.

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