Google Translate offers real-time Gemini AI voice translations using any headphone

Google has added real-time voice translation to any pair of headphones through its Google Translate app for Android smartphones, which can be downloaded from the Android Google Play Store. The voice translation is powered by Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio, an updated AI model that comes with the ability to hold natural-sounding conversations. 

Multiple languages can be automatically detected and translated by the app, with background noise suppressed to improve intelligibility while speaking in noisy places. According to Google, the AI can translate approximately 70 languages in real-time while speaking with the same cadence, pitch, and emphasis as the original speaker.

The translated text is displayed on the smartphone, while the translated speech can be heard through connected headphones. To hear the translations clearly, earbuds with top-notch active noise cancellation, such as the Sony WF-1000XM5 (sold here on Amazon), can be used.

Real-time voice translation is a beta feature available to Android users in America, India, and Mexico today, and those without a smartphone can try out the feature on the Google Translate website. Apple users must wait until 2026 for the feature to arrive in the app, which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.