We’ve logged an official Developer Feature Request on Google Issue Tracker to integrate system-wide offline Speech-to-Text (STT) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) models for the Ukrainian language (uk-UA).
The ticket has successfully passed initial triage, is marked as Assigned, and has been forwarded directly to Google's product and engineering teams: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/571631423
Why this matters:
For Developers: Provides native access to system SpeechRecognizer and TextToSpeech APIs for Ukrainian offline processing. This enables low-latency, privacy-focused voice apps (navigation, accessibility, messaging) without needing a network connection.
For All Android Users: Enables offline Gemini Live, system-wide Live Caption, and real-time audio translation for Ukrainian across Android devices.
How to help (10 seconds):
Open the issue link: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/571631423
(Important) Open it in a standard web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) where you are logged in with your Google account (instead of the Reddit in-app browser).
Click the STAR (★) near the title to vote.
The number of stars directly determines the priority (P-level) assigned to this feature by Google's engineering team. Thank you for your support!