Google has started to roll out live translations for Google Meet video calls.
This feature automatically translates English speech to French, German, Portuguese, or Spanish via captions that can be shown at the bottom of the screen during a Google Meet video call. Google says it started to make these live translations available to certain Workspace customers on Jan. 12 and that it will release the feature to all users over the course of about 15 days.
“Translated captions help make Google Meet video calls more inclusive and collaborative by removing language proficiency barriers,” Google says. “When meeting participants consume content in their preferred language, this helps equalize information sharing, learning, and collaboration and ensures your meetings are as effective as possible for everyone.”
Google says live translations will be available in Google Meet video calls “organized by Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Google Workspace for Education Plus customers.” That means it’s not available to personal Google accounts, individual Workspace accounts, or certain Workspace price tiers.
Admins won’t have to do anything to enable the feature; it’s up to individual Google Meet users to decide if they want to see automatically generated captions. Enable live translations by navigating to Settings > Captions > Translated captions (web) or Settings > Captions > Live Captions > Translation Language (mobile) in meetings that support the feature.
