January 7, 2026
Google Meet Speech Translation allows translation in near-real time, bridging language barriers across users and organizations. The feature is currently available in alpha but will launch to general availability on January 27, 2026.
Starting today, admins will see a setting to control this feature in the Admin console under Meet service settings > Gemini settings. It will be ON by default and can be disabled at the OU level.
A few important things to note:
- The feature is only available if the Gemini for Meet admin setting has been enabled.
- If a user turns on translation, everyone in that meeting will see that translation is being used.
- Users cannot force other users to be translated or to hear translations.
- See our blog post to learn more about the translation technology behind the feature.
Speech translation admin setting
Enabling Speech translation in Meet
Note that these admin settings do not affect users participating in the current alpha program.
Rollout pace
Admin setting
- Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 7, 2026
End user feature
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 27, 2026
- Scheduled Release domains: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on February 18, 2026
Availability
- Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Frontline Plus
- Google AI Pro and Ultra
- Google AI Ultra for Business add-on
- Google AI Pro for Education add-on
Resources
- Google Help: Learn about Speech Translation
- Keyword: How AI made Meet’s language translation possible