Google ships Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for streaming speech-to-speech
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Today, we released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, our latest audio model for live speech-to-speech translation. It supports over 70 languages and starts translating as soon as you start talking, streaming translations while listening to what you say next. No awkward pauses or choppy audio, just real connection without language barriers. So, how does it work? 🤔 The model is able to make split-second decisions to juggle speed and translation quality so conversations actually feel fluid, human, and natural. In order to do this, the model must receive and contextualize the input while simultaneously outputting the translated speech. Through this process, Gemini 3.5 Live Translate manages to stay mere seconds behind each speaker and can even maintain pacing, pitch, and intonation across extended sessions. See it in action below, or try it yourself in the Google Translate app on iOS & Android.
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Gemini 3.5 Live Translate produces translated speech while continuing to listen to the speaker. In its June 9, 2026 release explanation, Google AI describes a continual trade-off: waiting provides more for translation, while speaking sooner keeps the output closer to the conversation.
The company says the model supports more than 70 languages and stays a few seconds behind the speaker while preserving aspects of pitch, pacing and intonation. Its intended use is continuous interpretation, allowing listeners to follow an unfolding conversation without waiting for each complete turn.
- context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
- streaming — Sending a model's response token by token as it is generated, so the reader sees text immediately instead of waiting for the whole answer.
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