Live translated captions in Google Meet are now generally available

What’s changing?

In 2021, we announced a beta for live translated captions in Google Meet. We’re now making live translated captions generally available for select Google Workspace editions.?

Meeting participants can translate English meetings to:?

• French?
• German?
• Portuguese?
• Spanish?

Translated captions are available on Google Meet on web and mobile devices.?

Who’s impacted?

End users?

Why it’s important?

Translated captions help make Google Meet video calls more inclusive and collaborative by removing language proficiency barriers. When meeting participants consume content in their preferred language, this helps equalize information sharing, learning, and collaboration and ensures your meetings are as effective as possible for everyone.

This feature can be particularly helpful for all-hands meetings or training meetings with globally distributed teams. Additionally, translated captions can be impactful in education settings, allowing educators to connect and interact with students, parents, and community stakeholders with diverse backgrounds.

Additional details?

Beta availability?

The live translated captions beta will remain open for the next several months. Therefore, if you are participating in the beta with a Google Workspace edition not listed as “Available to” above,?your experience will remain the same.?

Availability for meeting participants?

Meeting participants will be able to use live translated captions if the meeting is organized by a user in beta or an eligible Google Workspace edition.?

Getting started?

• Admins:?There is no admin control for this feature.?
• End users:?This feature will be available by default and can be enabled in Google Meet on the web by going to?Settings > Captions > Translated captions?or on mobile by going to?Settings > Captions > Live Captions > Translation Language.?Visit the Help Center to learn more about?translated captions in Google Meet.?

Rollout pace?

• Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 12, 2022

Availability?

• Available to meetings organized by Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Google Workspace for Education Plus customers.?
• Not available to meetings organized by Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Enterprise Essentials, Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, Google Workspace for Education Standard, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers?
• Not available to Google Workspace Individual customers or users with personal Google Accounts?

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