From Rundown Real time Translation to headphones

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🎧 Google adds real-time audio translation to any headphones

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The Rundown: Google just rolled out a series of new Gemini-powered translation upgrades, including a new beta feature that streams live speech translations to any connected headphones — expanding on a capability previously restricted to its own Pixel Buds hardware.

The details:

The new Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio model upgrades conversational abilities, instruction following, and real-time info use for live voice agents.
The integration into Translate works with any earbuds on Android, supporting 70+ languages while preserving tone, pacing, and cadence of the speaker.
2.5 Flash Native Audio’s world knowledge also helps better interpret slang or culturally specific language contextually for more nuanced translations.
Google also expanded a Duolingo-style language practice mode to 20 new countries, with new features like streak tracking and pronunciation feedback.

Why it matters: The universal translators from sci-fi are getting closer, with Google’s update making cross-language conversation more seamless than ever. Between any headphones now facilitating real-time translation and the tech eventually coming to areas like YouTube, social media, etc., language barriers could disappear in the AI age.

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