Google Translate’s real-time translations extend to iOS and other countries

Google he announced Thursday that “Instant Translations,” its AI-powered Google Translate feature that lets you hear real-time translations in your ears, is expanding to iOS and more countries.

With this expansion, the feature is now available on iOS and Android in the US, India, Mexico, Germany, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand. Previously, it was only available on Android in the US, India, and Mexico.

That capability turns any headset into a real-time, one-way translation tool. Literally literal translations, that is supports Google’s Gemini AI, it preserves the speaker’s tone, emphasis, and tone. This makes it easier to track conversations and tell who is saying what, Google says.

The tech giant suggests that people could use the feature to do things like follow up on evening conversations with relatives who speak another language, or understand train announcements when traveling internationally.

This feature works with any headset and supports more than 70 languages.

Users can access it by opening the Google Translate app, clicking the “Live Translate” option, and then plugging in their headphones.

The development of Live Translate comes on the same day that Google announced that it is expanding its AI-powered search, Search Liveworldwide for all languages ​​and locations where AI Mode is available. With this growth, people in more than 200 countries and territories have access to the app, which was previously only available in the US and India.

Search Live, which was launched in July 2025allows users to point their phone’s camera at objects to get real-time assistance, enabling back-and-forth conversations that are captured on screen from the camera feed. To use this feature, users must open the Google app on Android or iOS and tap the Live icon under the search bar.