Posted Apr 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM UTC

Google Translate blew me away during my vacation in Japan.

And I spent some time chatting with Tom Merritt about that on the Daily Tech News Show podcast! It’s a ten-minute segment, and I’ve already queued up the right part (at roughly the 24-minute mark) below.

TL;DL: On our most recent visit to Japan, we were both surprised how wildly ubiquitous and remarkably useful Google Translate has become. Here’s hoping Google gives it a more powerful real-time mode!