Overview
- Google, which announced the move Thursday, made Search Live available on Android and iOS in more than 200 countries and in dozens of languages.
- Search Live lets people ask questions by text, voice or the camera, keeps the conversation context, and gives spoken answers with links for deeper reading.
- Live Translate reached iPhones in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the UK, Japan and Thailand, and it now works with any headphones.
- Both features run on the Gemini 3.1 Flash Live speech model, which Google says speeds responses, supports over 70 languages and preserves tone, emphasis and rhythm.
- The services process speech in the cloud, which needs a fast, stable connection and can add delay and privacy concerns for people using them on the go.