Google Translate is getting a big upgrade that could make it the killer smart glasses app
- Signs of XR Glasses support spotted in Google Translate
- The feature would stream live translations directly to your ears
- Samsung and Google prepare to launch new XR hardware
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As spotted by Android Authority, hidden code in the latest version of Google Translate for Android mentions “Glasses” as one of the devices through which you can stream spoken translations, in addition to headphones and the phone’s speaker.
The feature is not yet enabled in the app, but is closely related to the Live Translation feature which began rolling out in August. It seems clear that this will eventually be added to any Android-powered XR glasses that are on the way.
We’ll have to wait and see exactly how this works in practice, but the idea would be that you could hold a conversation with someone else in a foreign language and get translations straight to your ears from the smart specs you’re wearing.
What is already here and what is coming soon
We’ve already seen something similar in wireless earbuds from Google, Samsung and Apple, so the idea of delivering translated speech directly to your ears isn’t new – but it could be more practical than ever on a pair of XR specs.
This is something that devices like the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 AI glasses also incorporate, although this uses Meta’s own bespoke AI models. With the power of Google Translate, reliability and speed could reach a new high bar.
Samsung has promised its own XR glasses are coming at some point, while Google is also partnering with Magic Leap on a pair of specs. It looks like we’re about to be hit with a new wave of these smart glasses in the near future.
We’re not sure when these features might go live in Google Translate – Android Authority also spotted upcoming options for pausing playback individually by language and for background playback – but it should be sooner rather than later.
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