When we are traveling or when we are attending a meeting with a client from a different country who speaks a different language, understanding the content of the speech is a little difficult. Considering our scenario, we Indians will struggle to understand the leader who comes from north to south and south to north — language is still a barrier to so many people.
Imagine attending a business meeting in Delhi where the client speaks only Hindi — you would struggle to follow the conversation, miss key details, and risk misunderstandings that could cost you the deal.
After the arrival of AI models, it has gotten better and to be more accurate, many models are coming out lately. Google has released a new translation model that will translate live speech to speech with Google Gemini 3.5, and it will allow translating 70 languages. Previously, it was available on Google Meet, which only supported 5 languages — now the update supports 70 languages. Currently, it is being rolled out to the Google Translate app on Android and iOS, where you can tap the live translate option and you can listen to what the other person is saying. And also, one more important thing — when you are on a phone call, you can simply click “Listen,” which is Google slowly rolling out; it will help us listen to audio that will be translated live through the phone.
Google Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is also available in public preview for developers via the Gemini Live API and Google AI Studio, and to add a marker indicating the audio was generated by AI, they have added SynthID as well. SynthID is Google’s tool for watermarking AI-generated audio, helping listeners and platforms identify when a voice or sound has been produced or modified by artificial intelligence.
