Instagram has unveiled a new Meta AI-powered voice translation feature that supports five of India’s widely spoken languages, marking a major boost for regional content creators and multilingual users. India remains one of Instagram’s fastest-growing markets, and the platform is intensifying its focus on accessibility features tailored for diverse audiences.

🎙️ Voice Translations Now Support Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi

The newly introduced tool enables voice-based translation between English and five regional languages: Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi. Users can translate audio from Reels, Stories, and direct messages instantly, allowing seamless interaction across language barriers. Meta says the feature is built on its latest speech-to-speech AI models, trained to understand accents and dialect variations common in India.

🚀 Designed to Boost Creator Engagement

Meta highlights that this feature will particularly help creators who cater to mixed-language audiences. With voice translations, influencers and brands can publish content in one language while offering voice-translated versions for wider reach. This supports India’s booming creator economy, where regional-language content consumption continues to surge.

⚙️ AI Model Focused on Natural Speech and Accuracy

According to Meta’s engineering team, the translation system is engineered to produce natural-sounding speech, avoiding robotic or synthetic tones. The model is trained on diverse speech samples to ensure accuracy even in noisy environments — a common challenge in social media audio content.

📱 Feature Rolling Out Across Instagram First

Although Meta plans to expand the feature across its broader app ecosystem, Instagram is the first to receive it due to its heavy usage of short-form video and audio formats. Users in India will begin receiving the update over the coming weeks.

🔮 Part of Meta’s Larger AI Strategy

The rollout aligns with Meta’s broader strategy to embed AI-driven tools across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. With India serving as a key testbed for AI-powered accessibility features, Meta says more language-focused updates are planned for 2025.