Developer Bertrand Quenin recently released an open-source project called "Interpreter" that aims to provide real-time translation for Japanese retro games. The tool can capture Japanese text ...

Bridging communication gaps between hearing and hearing-impaired individuals is an important challenge in assistive technology and inclusive education. In an attempt to close that gap, I developed a ...

Anthony Kelly receives funding from Innovation Fund Denmark. Anne Cronin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...

On December 12, 2025, Google announced that it had rolled out a major upgrade to Google Translate, powered by its latest Gemini models. The update brings together three key developments: improved AI ...

Google brought its Gemini AI models to Google Translate in August to improve the translation experience for users, but also to add new features to the app, including support for real-time translation ...

Google Translate now boasts live speech-to-speech translation, thanks to Gemini. This means any pair of headphones—including non-Google sets, like the near-ubiquitous Apple AirPods—can function as ...

Maybe you’ve been there: you are traveling, trying to ask for directions or order food, and you hold up your phone with Google Translate. It works, but the voice coming out is robotic, and the ...

Looking ahead: Live translation is shaping up to be one of the most practical (and competitive) uses of generative AI, with real-life implications for how people communicate across languages. A new ...

Google is rolling out a major upgrade to Translate, using its Gemini AI models to deliver more natural text translations, real-time speech translation through headphones, and expanded ...

Google’s new beta feature turns nearly any earbuds paired with Android phones into live AI translators. That makes language more accessible — and less of a friction point for travel. Google is turning ...

In Star Trek, it took until the year 2151 for a functional universal translator to come into existence, but Google is leveraging Gemini to accelerate that timeline. The company is offering real-time ...