At I/O 2025, Google announced that Meet is getting real-time Speech Translation capability that’s like having an actual human interpreter in the call.
Meet already offers text captions that can be translated in real-time. Speech Translation takes things a step further, with Google translating “your spoken words into your listener’s preferred language.”
Language differences are a fundamental barrier to connecting with other people — whether you’re working across regions or just chatting with family abroad.
For example, if you’re speaking Spanish, the other person will hear English that preserves your voice, including tone, intonation, and emotion. Meanwhile, you will hear what they’re saying in Spanish.
This happens in “near real time, with low-latency,” with the goal of allowing a free-flowing conversation. You will first hear the original language/speech, but it will be quite faint, before the translated version comes in. Officially, Google notes how “Translation will cause delays in the conversation.”
This is powered by a large language audio model from Google DeepMind. Trained and built on audio data, AudioLM performs direct audio-to-audio transformations. This allows it to preserve as much of the original audio as possible.
In the top-right corner of Google Meet on the web, you can access a “Speech translation with Gemini” panel to specify the “Language you speak in this call” and “Language you prefer to hear.” The entire video feed will get a Gemini glow and “Translating from [language]” pill in the corner.
Notably, Speech Translation will begin rolling out in beta for consumers starting today as part of the new Google AI Pro and Ultra plans. Available on the web, only one participant in the call needs to be subscribed for Speech Translation to work. English and Spanish are supported right now, with Italian, German, and Portuguese following in the “coming weeks.”
Google plans to bring this to businesses with “early testing coming to Workspace customers this year.”
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