Google has announced the rollout of a beta feature that allows users to hear real-time translations through headphones, as part of its efforts to enhance translation and language-learning services.
The new feature, available via the Google Translate app, delivers live translations while preserving the speaker’s tone, emphasis and cadence, making conversations more natural and easier to follow.
“Whether you’re trying to have a conversation in a different language, listen to a speech or lecture while abroad, or watch a TV show or film in another language, you can now put in your headphones, open the Translate app, tap ‘Live translate’ and hear a real-time translation in your preferred language,” said Rose Yao, Vice President of Product and Search at Google, in a blog post.
The beta feature is currently rolling out on Android devices in the United States, Mexico and India.
It supports more than 70 languages, including Sinhala, and is compatible with any headphones.
Google also said it plans to expand the feature to iOS devices and additional countries in 2026.
