You can now translate Facebook, Instagram Reels with Meta AI

Meta has rolled out AI-powered voice translation to Facebook and Instagram, which will see Reels automatically dubbed into another language.

The feature, first teased last year, uses artificial intelligence to translate content and also replicate the creator’s voice and synchronize it with their lip movements for a more natural effect.

Per a Tuesday blog post by Meta, the feature is available globally for Facebook creators with at least 1,000 followers and all public Instagram accounts.

The tool currently supports English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English translations, and Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said more languages are expected to be launched over time, without giving further details.

Creators can enable the feature by selecting the 'Translate voices with Meta AI' option before publishing a Reel. One will also be able to preview their dubbed video and choose whether to activate lip-syncing.

Once published, the translated Reels are automatically shown to audiences in their preferred language, with a visible tag noting that the video was dubbed using Meta AI.

“Viewers can also control whether they see translations in specific languages by selecting ‘Don’t translate’ in the audio and language section within the three-dot settings menu,” said Meta.

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