WhatsApp can translate a text on your phone, but not what people say on a call. SonicMeet shows bilingual, real-time captions for WhatsApp voice and video calls on your computer, in the desktop app or WhatsApp Web, and keeps the transcript.
Free · Windows 10/11 · Works with the WhatsApp desktop app and WhatsApp Web
Free · macOS 14.2 or later · Apple Silicon & Intel
Free · Chrome & Edge · No download, no bot in your meeting
SonicMeet runs on Windows and Mac, not on phones. Open this page on your computer, or scroll down to see what works for a call on your phone.
Joining from a browser instead? Get the extension →Joining from a browser instead? Get the extension →Also available as a desktop app for Windows and Mac →Está me ouvindo bem? Vou te mandar o orçamento atualizado assim que a gente desligar.
Can you hear me okay? I'll send you the updated quote as soon as we hang up.
Se as amostras estiverem boas, podemos fazer o pedido completo na semana que vem.▍
If the samples look good, we can place the full order next week.
Hi! I got the quote, but shipping came out a lot more expensive than last time.
Oi! Recebi o orçamento, mas o frete ficou bem mais caro do que da última vez.
If you split the shipping with me, I'll close the order today.▍
Se vocês dividirem o frete comigo, eu fecho o pedido hoje.
Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Turkish and 50+ other languages, either direction, live.
Four everyday situations, each with the language pair it usually needs.
Quotes, dates and prices, in the app your client already uses. Read every number as it's said, in your language.
Se vocês conseguirem enviar até o dia quinze, ficamos com as duzentas unidades por esse preço.
If you can ship by the fifteenth, we'll take all two hundred units at that price.
Long calls where nobody switches language for you. Follow along without asking anyone to repeat themselves.
So when are you coming to see us? I already got the upstairs room ready for you.
¿Y cuándo vienen a vernos? Ya les preparé el cuarto de arriba.
Open the chat on your computer, start SonicMeet, press play. The translation stays in your transcript.
Hi, the shipment arrived this morning, but two boxes are missing.
مرحبًا، وصلت الشحنة صباح اليوم، لكن ينقصها صندوقان.
Join the link from your computer. Started on your phone? Call links are one of the few WhatsApp calls you can move over mid-call.
Давайте сейчас подтвердим график, а договор я выложу в группу после звонка.
Let's confirm the schedule now, and I'll post the contract in the group after the call.
No. It translates text messages on your phone and transcribes some voice messages. Calls get no captions and no translation.
| On WhatsApp | WhatsApp built in | SonicMeet |
|---|---|---|
| Captions during a call | No | Yes, in 60+ spoken languages |
| Translation during a call | No | Included, any of 60+ languages |
| Both languages on screen | No | Bilingual, original under each line |
| After the call | Nothing kept; calls aren't transcribed | Transcript kept on your side, searchable |
| Voice messages | Transcripts in the phone app, in a few languages; not translated | Captioned and translated as you play them on your computer |
| Text messages | Translation in the phone app, on your device | Not covered; SonicMeet works with audio |
| Where it runs | Phone, tablet, desktop app and web | Windows and Mac only, next to WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web |
Based on WhatsApp's help center pages on web calling, call transfer, message translation and voice message transcripts. · Last checked September 25, 2026
Captions during a call
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After the call
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Where it runs
Based on WhatsApp's help center pages on web calling, call transfer, message translation and voice message transcripts. · Last checked September 25, 2026
Message translation works on messages you tap and hold in the phone app, and runs on the device; it isn't in the WhatsApp Business app. Voice message transcripts are in the phone app too, for a handful of languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian on Android), and they come out untranslated. Voice and video calls get neither.
The WhatsApp desktop app for Windows or Mac. WhatsApp Web, which added voice and video calls in 2026 and is still rolling out, in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox. Or Call transfer, which moves a call you're on to another device linked to your account, but only group calls and calls started from a call link. A one-to-one call stays on the device it started on.
SonicMeet runs on your computer, next to WhatsApp. Pick the one that matches how you call.
SonicMeet for Windows or Mac hears the call the way you do, whichever window it opens in. Nothing to change inside WhatsApp.
Captions what plays in the WhatsApp tab: voice messages, video messages, anything you press play on. A call that opens in its own window is outside that tab, so for calls use the desktop app.
If WhatsApp opens in its own window rather than a browser tab, it's the desktop app.
SonicMeet doesn't run on phones. Get the call onto your computer, or use what your phone already has.
About a minute, once.
The desktop app for Windows or Mac, or the extension for WhatsApp Web in Chrome or Edge. Sign in with Google; free to start.
The desktop app or web.whatsapp.com, linked to your phone as usual. In SonicMeet, pick the language you read.
Start captions when the call connects. Translation above, original below; the transcript stays after you hang up.
Está me ouvindo bem? Vou te mandar o orçamento atualizado assim que a gente desligar.
Can you hear me okay? I'll send you the updated quote as soon as we hang up.
Se as amostras estiverem boas, podemos fazer o pedido completo na semana que vem.▍
If the samples look good, we can place the full order next week.
Both on every plan, switchable mid-call from Settings in the caption area.
Translates as the words arrive, with sub-second delay, so you can answer without an awkward pause.
Best for: family calls, quick check-ins, catching up.
Waits for the full sentence and uses a stronger model with far more context, so names, numbers and addresses land right. Runs roughly 1 to 5 seconds behind Instant.
Best for: client calls, prices and delivery dates, anything you will act on.
Per-language guides: what works as the spoken language, and as the translation.
No. WhatsApp can translate text messages in the phone app and transcribe some voice messages, but voice and video calls have no captions and no translation. SonicMeet adds both on your computer: bilingual, real-time captions of the call in any of 60+ languages, and a transcript you keep.
Not with SonicMeet; it runs on Windows and Mac. Take the call in WhatsApp on your computer instead, or, for group calls and call links, move it there mid-call with WhatsApp's Call transfer. Some phones translate calls on their own: on supported Samsung Galaxy models, Galaxy AI Live Translate works in WhatsApp calls.
Yes, with the desktop app. SonicMeet for Windows and Mac hears the call whatever window or browser it's in, Safari and Firefox included. The extension for Chrome and Edge captions what plays in the WhatsApp tab, like voice and video messages; a call that opens in its own window is outside that tab. WhatsApp is still rolling out calling on the web, so if you don't see the call buttons yet, use the WhatsApp desktop app.
Some calls. WhatsApp's Call transfer moves group voice calls, group video calls and calls started from a call link to another device linked to your account, and the call then ends on the first one. A one-to-one call can't be transferred, so if you know you'll want translation, start it from your computer or send a call link.
Yes. Group calls work in the desktop app and in WhatsApp Web, where video calls take up to 32 people, and SonicMeet captions whoever is speaking. If people switch languages, leave Source on Auto Detect.
Yes, on your computer. Open the chat in WhatsApp Web or the desktop app, start SonicMeet, then play the voice message: the translation appears as it plays and stays in your transcript. WhatsApp's own voice message transcripts are in the phone app, for a handful of languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian on Android), and they aren't translated.
WhatsApp's encryption protects the call on its way between devices. SonicMeet works after that, on the audio your computer plays: it sends that audio to SonicMeet and its speech provider for real-time processing, and we don't keep an audio recording. So the call is no longer only between the two devices. If a conversation has to stay that way, don't run SonicMeet, or any other captioning tool, on it.
Nothing shows up in the call: SonicMeet isn't a participant and doesn't connect to your WhatsApp account. If you keep a transcript, tell the people on the call. It's the decent thing to do, and in some places the law requires consent before a conversation is recorded or transcribed.
No. Captions appear only on your screen, and SonicMeet doesn't speak translations out loud. If they need your words translated too, they can run SonicMeet on their own computer.
Yes. A WhatsApp Business account links to WhatsApp Web and the desktop app like a personal one, and SonicMeet works the same way there. WhatsApp's own message translation isn't in the Business app yet.
Two modes, chosen per call. Instant translates as the words arrive with sub-second delay. Accurate waits for the complete sentence and translates it with a stronger model and far more surrounding context, which makes a visible difference on names, numbers and natural phrasing, roughly 1 to 5 seconds behind Instant. Switch from Settings in the caption area at any time.
Yes to start. Install SonicMeet, sign in with Google, and you get a one-time 20 minutes of free captions with both translation modes, enough to try it on a real call. Paid plans add hours for regular calls.
Same captions and notes on the other apps you call and meet in.
Free to install, about a minute to set up, and the person you're calling doesn't have to do anything.
