Behind-the-scenes, this is all powered by Google Meet. Compared to manually sending a meeting link, Google says “huddles integrates directly and smoothly into the Chat experience.” ...

In Google Chat, Gemini will “detect and translate over 120 languages to a user’s preferred language while keeping the original message available for review”: Settings > Automatic Translation ...

He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Google Chat is launching huddles, a Google Meet-powered addition that lets you start a quick call with your coworkers.

Google has an example video showing the feature in action. If that's anything to go by, this feature does what the company promised — albeit with a slight delay between speech and the translation.

Google announced at Google I/O 2025 that it’s bringing real-time speech translation to Google Meet. The feature leverages a large language audio model from Google DeepMind to allow for a natural ...

Google used the example of talking to an Airbnb host about an upcoming trip, but one could also imagine talking to relatives or conducting research with people who speak a different language.

Google is bringing AI-powered functions to its Workspace business suite, both folding new abilities into existing Workspace accounts as well as debuting paid add-ons for $10 per user, per month.