Live Translation has its own page now — here is how it works and how to get the most out of it.

The basics

1. Open Live Translation from the menu.
2. Pick your two languages.
3. Start talking. Your speech is transcribed, translated, and delivered in near real time.

Live Transcription works the same way for a single language when you just need text from speech.

Tips for better output

• One speaker at a time. The system handles natural pauses well; crosstalk degrades any speech model.
• Name your domain. Technical vocabulary lands better after a sentence of context, e.g. opening with what the conversation is about.
• Decent audio in, decent translation out. A phone on a table works; a phone in a pocket does not.

Billing

Sessions are metered by audio time at the rate shown before you start — the ledger records each session like any other AI call.

Known limits

Very fast code-switching (mixing both languages inside one sentence) can confuse direction detection. Long silences are fine — the session stays up but idle time is not translated.

Questions below — and if you hit a reproducible problem, the Troubleshooting category with a timestamp helps us chase it.