Otter AI Adds Support for 27 New Languages and Automatic Language-Switching Detection
Otter AI announces a major multilingual expansion, adding 27 languages and a feature that automatically detects and follows language switches during meetings.
AI note-taking tool Otter AI announced on November 9, 2026, that it is expanding its multilingual capabilities, including a new transcription feature that can follow conversations as speakers switch between languages during the same meeting. This update marks the company's largest language expansion to date, adding support for 27 new languages. Once the rollout is complete, Otter will support 31 languages in total, making the platform more accessible to international teams.
The upcoming feature will automatically detect language changes and continue transcribing without requiring users to adjust settings. For example, a call could move from English to Korean to Portuguese, with Otter following the conversation throughout. The update aims to address a common challenge for global teams, where language differences can make meetings and collaboration more difficult.
Thirteen of the new languages are available now: Mandarin Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Polish. The remaining 14 languages, including Swedish, Danish, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Hebrew, Norwegian, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Czech, Hungarian, and Romanian, are coming soon. The newly added languages run on Otter’s own speech models, which the company stated were trained using publicly available datasets and reviewed for accuracy with native-speaking volunteers.
The announcement comes as Otter continues to expand beyond transcription into other workplace AI tools, following its $320 million funding from General Catalyst. It recently introduced Work Mode, which uses meeting history and connected apps to help users prepare for upcoming calls, and Live Assist, which provides real-time coaching during meetings.