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Google's Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Streams Speech Across 70+ Languages in Near Real-Time

Google's Gemini 3.5 Live Translate model covers 70+ languages and streams speech within seconds. It's live in Google Translate and available via the Gemini Live API.

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Google's Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Streams Speech Across 70+ Languages in Near Real-Time
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate promotional graphic showing language options and real-time speech interface. Image: 9to5Google

Google has released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, a streaming speech-to-speech translation model covering more than 70 languages and 2,000 language combinations. The model generates translated speech continuously within seconds of the speaker, preserving tone, pitch, and pacing — rather than waiting for a complete sentence before translating.

The rollout lands simultaneously across three channels. Consumers can use it now in the Google Translate app on Android and iOS with no sign-up required. Developers get access in public preview through the Gemini Live API and Google AI Studio at $0.023 per minute. Enterprise customers on Google Workspace plans enter a private preview for Google Meet starting this month; Meet's language support jumps from 5 to over 70 with the update, covering more than 2,000 language pair combinations.

On Android, a new listening mode routes translated speech directly through the phone's earpiece, making the feature practical for in-person conversations without putting the phone on speaker. The model detects languages automatically and is designed to work reliably in noisy environments.

Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing service, is already testing the model to help drivers and passengers communicate in real time. Other early API partners building on the technology include Agora, Fishjam, LiveKit, Pipecat, and Vision Agents.

All audio generated by the model is tagged with Google's SynthID watermark — an inaudible signal embedded to identify synthesized content downstream.

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