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How to use real-time translation on the Samsung Galaxy S24
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Samsung recently announced the new Galaxy S series phones for 2024, including the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra.
The Galaxy S24 is packed with AI-powered features, including Live Translate for phone calls. The feature translates calls in real-time directly in the native phone app, allowing you to chat with someone in another language without downloading any additional apps or services.
Live Translate supports 13 languages at launch, including Chinese Simplified, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese.
Keep reading to learn how to set up Live Translate and how to access the feature during calls.
What you’ll need:
The Short Version
How to use real-time translation on the Samsung Galaxy S24
Step1
Open your phone’s Settings
The first step is to set up Live Translate. Once the feature is set up, you can access it with a tap during calls by skipping to step 6 in this guide.
Step2
Tap Advanced Features
You might need to scroll to find this heading.
Step3
Tap Advanced Intelligence
This is where you’ll find settings for many of the new AI features on the Galaxy S24.
Step4
Select Phone
Or tap on the green phone icon.
Step5
Toggle Live Translate to On
Make sure the languages below match your language and the language of the person you plan to call. You might need to tap the Download icon next to a language to download it.
Step6
Make or answer a phone call
You can do this in the native phone app.
Step7
Tap Call Assist
This should be in the middle of the screen.
Step8
Tap Live Translate
Again, this should be in the middle of the screen.
Step9
That’s it
Bixby Voice will automatically translate between the two languages you selected.
Troubleshooting
You can also choose to mute one of your voices during calls so that you only hear the translation. You can also set specific language and voice presents for different contacts.
Live Translate supports 13 languages at launch, including Chinese Simplified, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese.
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