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Instagram Expands AI Reels Translations to Five Indian Languages, Adds Local Fonts

Meta outlined a staged rollout for India-first tools at its Mumbai 'House of Instagram' event to help creators reach regional audiences.

Overview

  • AI translations for Reels are adding Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Marathi support, extending beyond the earlier language set.
  • Meta says translated audio preserves a creator’s natural voice, with an optional lip-sync feature that matches mouth movements to the new language.
  • New Devanagari and Bengali-Assamese fonts are coming to Reels editing for on-screen text and captions in languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, and Assamese.
  • Font options will begin rolling out on Android in the coming days, prioritized by a user’s device script settings or filterable by language preference.
  • Translation capabilities will reach users on Instagram and Facebook over the coming months, building on October’s launch for English, Hindi, Spanish, and Portuguese.