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TL;DR Google is set to revamp the Google Translate app’s Conversation mode, featuring Gemini-based branding and smarter AI integration.
Updates include clearer speaker identification, quick language-switch chips, inline translations, and visual tweaks across automatic and manual modes.
Some settings, like toggling manual modes, are now hidden, reducing immediate accessibility.
Google has been working on significant UI updates to the Translate app to better accommodate its upcoming AI-driven features like Insights, Regional variants, Ask a Question, and Practice. But that’s not the only part of the app getting a UI refresh, as we’ve now spotted more changes slated for Google Translate, this time targeting the Conversation mode.
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Google Translate v9.13.97 includes code that overhauls Google Translate’s Conversation mode in various ways. We managed to activate the upcoming changes to give you an early look.
Starting with the main Conversation mode screen, the more straightforward UI is making way for a richer one.
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In the new UI, we see a prominent “Built with ✦Gemini” branding on the screen, along with a subtle disclaimer at the bottom that generative AI can make mistakes. There are also a few suggestion chips for quickly changing the language of the second speaker, and we reckon these could change depending on the user’s region. There’s a new button for turning auto-playback on and off, which previously needed going into the settings icon on the top right.
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