Overview
- Google began rolling out the feature on January 27 for Rapid Release domains, with Scheduled Release domains slated to get it starting February 18.
- The capability is currently desktop-only, with Android and iOS support planned for the coming months.
- Live, bidirectional translation works between English and Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, or Italian.
- Participants hear an AI-generated voice that mirrors the speaker’s tone with a roughly two to three second delay, while the original audio plays softly in the background.
- Access is limited to Business Standard/Plus, Enterprise Standard/Plus, Frontline Plus, and Google AI Pro and Ultra tiers, it is enabled by default for admins, and conference room hardware can play translations but will not translate in-room speech back.