AI-FRONTIERMarch 26, 20261 min read11 views

Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages

Google is expanding its Search Live AI assistant to over 200 countries, powered by the new Gemini 3.1 Flash Live model for faster and more natural multilingual conversations.

Google is expanding access to Search Live, a feature that lets you search for information using your voice and camera. The AI search assistant is now available in more than 200 countries and territories, as well as dozens of languages, according to an announcement on Thursday.

Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages

Gemini 3.1 Flash Live is powering faster and ‘more natural’ AI audio in Search Live.

Search Live rolled out broadly in the US last September, allowing you to point your phone’s camera at something and ask about it aloud, such as how to install a shelving unit. The AI assistant will then offer an audio response, along with links to information it finds on the web.

Google says it’s powering the global expansion of Search Live with its new Gemini 3.1 Flash Live audio-focused AI model, which it says is “inherently multilingual.” The new model also comes with improvements to the speed of its responses, and offers “more natural and intuitive conversations,” according to Google.

You can try Search Live by opening the Google app on Android or iOS, and tapping the “Live” button beneath the search bar. You can also access Search Live through Google Lens.

In addition to this update, Google is rolling out Translate’s real-time translation feature to iOS. That means users with iPhones can use the app to capture speech in real-time and hear the translation in their headphones. This feature is also expanding to more areas, including Germany, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, the UK, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand.

Source: The Verge AI

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