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What is Interpreter mode?

Languages available

  • Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian (also called Khmer), Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Sudanese, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

  • Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Which devices support Interpreter mode?

  • Android and iOS devices All Google Home speakers Some speakers with Google Assistant built-in All Smart Displays Smart clocks

How does Interpreter mode work?

Start translating a conversation

  • Say “Hey Google…” Say a command, like: “…be my Italian interpreter” “…interpret from Polish to Dutch” “…Chinese interpreter” “…turn on interpreter mode” If you haven’t identified languages, choose which languages you want to use. When you hear the tone, start speaking in either language. You don’t have to alternate between languages for interpreter mode to work.

  • “…be my Italian interpreter” “…interpret from Polish to Dutch” “…Chinese interpreter” “…turn on interpreter mode”

Stop translating a conversation

  • To stop using Interpreter mode, say a command like “Stop”, “Quit”, or “Exit”. On a smart display, you can also swipe from left to right to stop Interpreter mode.

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