January 23, 2024
Closed caption support in Google Meet expands to an additional thirty-one languages
What’s changing
We’ve expanded support for closed captioning to include the following additional languages:
-Afrikaans
-Albanian
-Amharic
-Armenian
-Australian English
-Basque
-Burmese
-Catalan
-English (India)
-English (Philippines)
-Estonian
-Farsi
-Filipino
-Galician
-Georgian
-Hungarian
-Japanese
-Latvian
-Macedonian
-Mongolian
-Nepali
-Norwegian
-Sinhala
-Slovak
-Slovenian
-Sundanese
-Tamil (India)
-Telugu (India)
-Urdu
-Uzbek
- Zulu
You’ll notice that the newly supported languages are denoted with a “beta” tag as we continue to optimize performance.
Getting started
- Admins: There is no impact for this update.
- End users: These languages will be available by default. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using closed captions in Google Meet.
Rollout pace
- This update is available now for all users.
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts