Google Translate adding Advanced’ or ‘Fast’ model picker

Following AI-powered live translation and language practice capability, Google Translate is adding a model picker with “Fast” and “Advanced” options.

This model picker appears beneath the “Google Translate” logo at the top of the app. “Advanced” is the default option and listed first, with a tap of the pill-shaped container bringing up this new “Choose text translation model” bottom sheet:

• Advanced: High accuracy for complex translations
• Fast: Best for quick translations

Google notes how “Advanced is supported for text translation only in select languages.”

The design matches the Gemini app, though Google recently moved it to the prompt box. It’s unclear whether this will be a free or paid capability, with nothing in the UI suggesting it’s the latter. For example, it could be tied to Google AI Pro like other model pickers.

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We’re seeing this on some of our iOS devices today, but nothing on Android yet. 

In August, Google credited “Gemini models in Translate” for making possible “huge strides in translation quality, multimodal translation, and text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities.”

Meanwhile, at the end of September, Google Translate for iOS gained Control Center widgets for Camera, Translate Text, Dictation, and Conversation. This joins the existing set of lockscreen widgets, while Gemini and Search are the other Google apps that offer Control Center shortcuts.