Why It Matters
The impact of these innovations and partnerships is greatest when they reach the people who can turn new data and insights into meaningful change in their communities.
Overview
Sep 15, 2026 We’re moving beyond traditional text translation to build models that understand the world’s rich, living languages exactly as they are expressed. James Manyika SVP, Research, Labs, Technology & Society Google is using AI to help people communicate in hundreds of languages, including those that were previously left out of technology. Instead of just translating text, they’re training AI to understand the emotion, tone, and slang people actually use in real life.
Why It Matters
The impact of these innovations and partnerships is greatest when they reach the people who can turn new data and insights into meaningful change in their communities.
Key Details
They’re also working with local communities around the world to make sure their tools work for everyone, even those without reliable internet.
This helps make sure that technology respects different cultures and helps people be understood on their own terms.
Today, our technologies and products power everyday interactions in more than 300 languages, spoken by more than 7 billion people — representing 86% of the global population.
Reaching this milestone is meaningful, but it also underscores work that is critical to our mission.
For decades, technology has worked best for a handful of dominant languages, leaving thousands of living languages and dialects poorly represented or absent altogether from the digital world.
--- *Original report published by [Google AI Blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/ai-for-every-language/).*
