Google Translate Adds Model Picker for Faster, More Accurate Translations
Google Translate is introducing a new model picker feature, allowing users to choose between “Fast” and “Advanced” translation options.
The new picker appears below the Google Translate logo within the app and presents users with a choice: “Advanced,” which prioritizes high accuracy for complex translations, and “Fast,” designed for quicker results. Currently, “Advanced” is the default selection, and is supported for text translation in only select languages. This update arrives after Google credited its Gemini models with significantly improving translation quality, multimodal translation, and text-to-speech capabilities earlier this year.
The design of the model picker mirrors that of the Gemini app, though Google recently relocated the feature within Gemini to the prompt box. It remains unclear whether access to these different models will be a paid feature, potentially linked to a subscription like Google AI Pro. The update began rolling out to some iOS devices today, November 3, 2025, with no current availability on Android.
This feature gives users more control over their translation experience, balancing speed and accuracy depending on their needs. Google officials have not yet announced a timeline for wider availability or potential pricing structures.
Following AI-powered live translation and language practice capability, Google Translate is adding a model picker with “Fast” and “Advanced” options.
This model picker appears beneath the “Google Translate” logo at the top of the app. “Advanced” is the default option and listed first, with a tap of the pill-shaped container bringing up this new “Choose text translation model” bottom sheet:
- Advanced: High accuracy for complex translations
- Fast: Best for quick translations
Google notes how “Advanced is supported for text translation only in select languages.”
The design matches the Gemini app, though Google recently moved it to the prompt box. It’s unclear whether this will be a free or paid capability, with nothing in the UI suggesting it’s the latter. For example, it could be tied to Google AI Pro like other model pickers.
We’re seeing this on some of our iOS devices today, but nothing on Android yet.
In August, Google credited “Gemini models in Translate” for making possible “huge strides in translation quality, multimodal translation, and text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities.”
Meanwhile, at the end of September, Google Translate for iOS gained Control Center widgets for Camera, Translate Text, Dictation, and Conversation. This joins the existing set of lockscreen widgets, while Gemini and Search are the other Google apps that offer Control Center shortcuts.
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