Instagram Adds AI Voice Translation Support for Five Indian Languages

Instagram has introduced new AI-based voice translation features for five Indian languages: Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi, expanding its localisation efforts and aiming to make content more accessible to regional audiences across the country.

The update was announced at the latest House of Instagram event in Mumbai.

With the new feature, users will be able to dub Reels into supported languages while retaining the original speaker’s tone. The tool also includes an optional lip-sync alignment capability, designed to make translated speech appear more natural and closely matched to the creator’s mouth movements.

Instagram is also rolling out new on-platform writing tools with Indian-script display support. Users will soon be able to choose Devanagari and Bengali–Assamese fonts when editing Reels, posts and Stories. The feature will launch first on Android devices, with iOS support expected later.

• Instagram adds AI voice translation support for five Indian languages to boost regional accessibility
• New dubbing, lip-sync tools and Indian-script fonts aim to help creators reach multilingual audiences
• The update expands Instagram’s localisation push as India remains one of its largest global markets

The update expands on Instagram’s previous voice translation rollout, which already included English, Hindi, Spanish and Portuguese. Meta stated that these improvements are aimed at helping creators reach wider multilingual audiences without needing separate language-specific recordings or third-party editing tools.

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India remains one of Instagram’s largest global markets, and the platform continues to introduce regional features to support its creator ecosystem. The company reiterated that language diversity is a priority, as users increasingly consume short-form video content in local languages. The new language and font tools are expected to roll out to users in phases over the coming weeks.