Google Meet launches translations in real time

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Google has started implementing live translations for Google Meet video calls.

This feature automatically translates the English voice into French, German, Portuguese or Spanish via subtitles which can be shown at the bottom of the screen during a Google Meet video call. Google says it started making these translations available in real time to some Workspace customers on January 12, and that it will release the feature to all users over the course of approximately 15 days.

“Translated captions help make Google Meet video calls more inclusive and collaborative by removing language proficiency barriers,” says Google. “When meeting attendees use content in their preferred language, it helps to unify information sharing, learning and collaboration, and ensures that meetings are as effective as possible for everyone.”

Google says real-time translations will be available in Google Meet video calls “hosted by Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Google Workspace for Education Plus customers.” This means that it is not available for personal Google Accounts, individual Workspace Accounts, or certain Workspace price levels.

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Administrators won’t have to do anything to enable the feature; It is up to individual Google Meet users to decide whether they want to see the auto-generated subtitles. Enable live translations by going to Settings> Subtitles> Translated Subtitles (Web) or Settings> Subtitles> Real Time Subtitles> Translation Language (Mobile) in meetings that support the feature.

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