Published: December 15, 2020 5:09 PM IST
Amazon added multilingual support for it Alexa devices last month and now the retail giant has rolled out the ability for its Echo smart speakers to perform live translation between two different languages in real-time. Also Read - Amazon Smartphone Upgrade Days is live; here are top offers and discounts you can avail
The new update allows Alexa to do live translations in English, Spanish, German, French, Hindi, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. The feature has been rolled out for the users in the US but it’s expected to come to other parts soon. Also Read - Mozilla Firefox to end support for Amazon Fire TV and Echo Show from 30 April
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December 15, 2020
Live or real-time translation may soon be a standard feature in mobile devices, gadgets, and most platforms. Some productivity apps are getting such a feature like Gboard with real-time transcription and translation. Google Maps has the built-in text-to-speech translation. Google is also bringing real-time translation for Google Translate. As for Alexa, it’s getting smarter with the Live Translation feature coming to Echo with six language pairs. With this feature, you can start having conversations in two languages as Alexa works as the translator.
Echo devices in the United States are getting the feature first. As to what languages, there will be six language pairs available at launch. One pair example is English to Spanish.
Amazon rolls out Live Translation feature for Echo devices
From now, Alexa can translate the conversation between two people speaking in two different languages to converse with each other.
Not so long ago, Amazon launched Alexa’s new Live Translation feature that allows Alexa to act as an interpreter and translating both sides of the conversation.
To use this feature, you need to ask Alexa to initiate a translation session “Alexa, translate Hindi.” Once you hear a beep, you can start speaking with your partner. As the conversation begins, Alexa will automatically identify the language and translate each side of the conversation.
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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.