Today Google is finally revamping Google Translate, infusing it with Gemini capabilities in order to improve translations, especially on phrases with nuanced meanings like idioms, local expressions, or slang. This, Google says, is state-of-the-art translation quality, and you can find it in Google Search and in the Translate app on iOS and Android. The update is rolling out in the US and India today translating between English and "nearly 20 languages" including Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, and German. There's also a new beta experience that lets you hear real-time...
Google announced the added support for 110 new languages in its Translate app. Since the app supported 113 languages prior to the update, this is certainly the biggest upgdate yet. Google used its PaLM 2 AI language model to train the software in 110 new languages. The AI proved to be particularly good at learning languages related to one another, such as Hindi, Awadhi and Marwadi, as well as French creoles like Seychellois Creole and Mauritian Creole. The new update also brings support for Cantonese, which, according to Google, has been one of the most requested languages...