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Google's Phone app can now translate your voice in real-time
20 Aug 2025

Google has introduced a new feature, Voice Translate, into the Phone app of its Pixel 10 series.

The innovative tool uses on-device artificial intelligence (AI) to translate conversations in real time.

Once activated, it mimics your voice and translates it into the language of the person you are speaking with.

This way, both parties can communicate seamlessly despite language barriers.

How to use the feature?
User guide

To use the Voice Translate feature, you need to start a call and head over to the Call Assist menu.

From there, you can enable the feature and choose your preferred language from a list of supported ones.

These include French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and vice versa for English.

A short disclaimer will appear before proceeding with this process.

On-screen transcript and user privacy
Dual functionality

Along with translating the voice, the Voice Translate feature also provides an on-screen transcript of the conversation. This way, you can follow along with what is being said in real time.

The whole process happens on-device using Google's latest Gemini Nano technology running on Tensor G5 chipset.

Notably, no audio data is stored or used for voice enrollment in this process, ensuring user privacy.

'Take a Message' feature
New addition

Along with Voice Translate, Google has also added another feature called 'Take a Message' in the Pixel 10's Phone app.

The tool automatically picks up missed or ignored calls and transcribes them live. This way, you can instantly know if the call was important or not.

Google even generates to-dos like callback reminders or calendar additions from these transcriptions for your convenience.