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Google Meet’s Real-Time Voice Translation Rolls Out to Workspace on Desktop

The initial release is limited to select paid plans with English-to-five-language support and a single language pair per meeting.

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.