What you need to know
Amazon now supports Live Translation via Alexa.
The new feature is enabled on Echo devices based in the U.S.
You can currently translate between English and Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, or Hindi.
Amazon today announced and launched a nifty new feature for Alexa, a built-in live translator. Now, select devices will be able to use Amazon's assistant to serve as an interpreter between a limited pair of languages in real-time (via
You'll be able to use Live Translation with one of six language pairs, including English and Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, or Hindi. It'll only be made available on Echo devices with their regions set to English U.S, at the moment.