{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-06-09-gemini-3-5-live-translate/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-06-09-gemini-3-5-live-translate/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-06-09-gemini-3-5-live-translate","date":"2026-06-09","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Google launches Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, voice-preserving real-time speech translation in 70+ languages","deck":null,"takeaway":"On 2026-06-09 Google released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, an audio-to-audio model that translates speech continuously a few seconds behind the speaker while preserving their intonation, pacing and pitch.","category":"model-release","category_label":"Model releases","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"Google - Fluid, natural voice translation with Gemini 3.5 Live Translate","url":"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-live-3-5-translate/","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"blog.google"},{"n":2,"title":"Gemini API model page","url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"ai.google.dev"},{"n":3,"title":"Google DeepMind - Gemini 3.5 Audio model card (Live Translate, Transcribe, Transcribe Live)","url":"https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-5-audio/","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"deepmind.google"},{"n":4,"title":"Google on X - developers can use Gemini 3.5 Live Translate","url":"https://x.com/Google/status/2064366593342103852","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"x.com"}],"official":4,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["Google"],"title":"Google launches Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, voice-preserving real-time speech translation in 70+ languages","summary":"On 2026-06-09 Google released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, an audio-to-audio model that translates speech continuously a few seconds behind the speaker while preserving their intonation, pacing and pitch. 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