Google has expanded Live Translate, its real time headphone translation feature, to iPhone and to more countries. The update means the tool now works on iOS and Android in 12 markets, including Thailand, Japan, the UK, France, Germany, and Spain.
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Live Translate now works in the U.S., India, Mexico, Germany, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, the UK, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand.
The feature works with any pair of headphones and supports more than 70 languages.
Google also expanded Search Live globally to places where AI Mode is available.
Google is turning the Google Translate app into a more practical travel and conversation tool. With Live Translate, users can connect headphones, open the app, tap the feature, and hear real time translated speech while keeping the original speaker tone and pacing more intact. Google says the feature is powered by Gemini.
The wider rollout matters because the feature was previously limited to Android in only three countries: the U.S., India, and Mexico. Now it is live on both major mobile platforms across a broader list of markets, which gives Google Translate a stronger consumer pitch in travel, family communication, and everyday language support.
Google also announced the update on the same day as a broader Search Live expansion. That feature is now rolling out globally across languages and regions where AI Mode is available, extending another Gemini linked experience well beyond its earlier footprint.
For Google, the bigger play looks clear: make Gemini powered tools feel useful in ordinary moments, not just in chatbots or search boxes. That last point is an inference based on the timing of both rollouts and how Google is positioning these features across Translate and Search.
It is a feature in Google Translate that lets users hear real time translations through headphones.
Yes. Google said the feature has officially arrived on iOS.
The feature is available in the U.S., India, Mexico, Germany, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, the UK, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand.
Google says it supports more than 70 languages.
Users open the Google Translate app, connect headphones, and tap Live Translate.