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Google Translate rolls out offline translation support for 33 new languages
The Google Translate app will now offer offline translation support for 33 new languages.
Translation is a hard thing to tackle, but Google has managed to a pretty good job, adding more languages to its Translate app, while also offering offline support for additional languages. Last week, Google announced that it would provide offline translation support for 33 new languages and now that seems to be rolling out to the Google Translate app on iOS and Android.
Google is adding support for 24 new languages to Translate
Google Translate is about to get more useful as the company has added support for 24 new languages, all thanks to a new monolingual model.
Google has announced that it's adding support for 24 new languages in Google Translate. The new languages are joining the already large list of options, and these languages are spoken by more than 300 million people, collectively.
Google Translate gets a new "Translate Quick Actions" widget with Material You design
Google Translate is getting a new Translate Quick Actions widget. It follows Material You language and supports Dynamic Color theming.
After years of neglect, home screen widgets finally received a big facelift in Android 12. The new widgets follow Material You guidelines and are more useful, responsive, and interactive. Many popular Google apps such as Gmail, YouTube Music, Google Drive, and Maps have already received refreshed home screen widgets. Now one more Google app is getting a widget refresh: Google Translate.
Google officially unveiled the Pixel 6 series last week. The new Pixels bring numerous improvements to the table, including a fresh design, new camera hardware, an in-house SoC, and the latest version of Android. Besides the updated hardware, the new Google phones also debut numerous exclusive software features. One more thing that appears to be exclusive to the Pixel 6 series is the Material You design for the Google Translate app.
Gender-specific translations make their way to the Google Translate app on iOS
The Google Translate app on iOS now supports gender-specific translations for some languages. The feature was first announced in 2018.
We live on an increasingly-diverse planet. Thanks to the internet, planes and other modern forms of transportation, and globalization, people from completely different backgrounds often find themselves interacting with each other -- online or otherwise. The English language acts as a lingua franca in many cases, as it's widely taught and spoken around the globe. However, we sometimes still need to translate text from one language to another. One of Google Translate's flaws was not necessarily providing correctly-gendered translations. The algorithm would assume whether a certain word is masculine or feminine based on the context. Back in 2018, the company announced that it's launching gender-specific translations on the Google Translate web app. The feature has now finally made it to the iOS app -- three years later.
Pixel 6's Live Translate can translate messages and more in real time
Google has announced a new feature called Live Translate for the Pixel 6, which translates messages in real time in a variety of apps.
The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are finally official, and so is the Google Tensor chipset at their heart. This new custom-designed chip from Google is meant to offer the best performance for AI, and Google is making sure we know about it. There are new exclusive features for the camera like Magic Eraser and computational video, but another big new feature for the Pixel 6 family is Live Translate.
Google Translate prepares to add quick access to your translation history
Google Translate change will soon let you quickly access your translation history via a quick pull-down gesture. Read on.
Over the past weeks, Google has rolled out Material You redesign to many of its first-party apps. From Google Chrome and Gmail to Google Keep and Google Play Store, most major Google apps have been updated with Material You design guidelines. However, some apps like Google Translate are still stuck on the old Material design. But that should change soon as Material You makeover for Google's translation is right around the corner.
Google Translate is testing a big Material You redesign
Google is working on a major UI refresh for the Google Translate app for Android based on the new Material You design.
Google Translate is one of the most useful Google apps, allowing you to seamlessly translate text, bilingual conversations, webpages, and more between so many languages. Although the app has continued to gain new tricks such as letting you transcribe real-time speech, it hasn’t seen a major UI refresh in a long while. But that might be changing soon as Google appears to be working on a big redesign for the Android app.
YouTube may soon show video titles, descriptions and captions in your native language
YouTube is testing a new feature that will automatically translate video titles, descriptions, and captions to your native language.
YouTube often tests new features with a small subset of its users before rolling them out to a broader audience. Over the last few months, the platform has conducted several such tests, like hiding the dislike count on some videos, a new clips feature, and more. YouTube has now started testing another cool new feature that will automatically translate video titles, descriptions, captions, and more to your native language.
Google Translate now lets you save transcripts of real-time speech transcriptions
The Google Translate app for Android now supports saving the text transcript of real-time speech transcriptions, and it now supports Italian.
Back in March, the Google Translate app on Android received a new feature that allowed users to transcribe and translate speech in near real-time. Google is now rolling out an update to this feature that will let users save these transcriptions for later reference.
[Update: Rolling out] Google Translate 6.5 tests Android 10 dark mode support and continues work on Transcribe mode
The latest update for Google Translate reveals that Google is testing a new dark theme for the app while continuing work on Transcribe Mode.
A system-wide dark mode has arguably been one of the most requested features on Android for quite some time. Google finally delivered with the first stable rollout of Android 10 late last year, pushing a new darker theme for the operating system. The company also rolled out individual dark mode toggles for many of its apps, including Google Keep, Files, Photos, Duo and more. However, the dark mode hasn't made it to all of Google's Android apps yet. For instance, the Google Translate app still doesn't have a dark theme. But the latest update for the app reveals that the company has finally started testing dark mode support for the app.
[Update: Italian] Google Translate's real-time translation feature is rolling out now
Transcribe is a new Google Translate feature that allows you to record spoken words in one language and have them translated on your phone in real-time.
A few months ago, Google started work on a new feature in Translate called "Continuous Translation." This feature was eventually shown off to the public in January earlier this year, but now it's finally ready for primetime. The feature is now called "Transcribe" and it will be rolling out to Google Translate for Android in the next few days.
[Update: Transcript Screenshot] Google Translate 6.8.0 adds a COVID-19 info card and prepares to let you save transcripts
Google Translate v6.8.0 adds a COVID-19 warning card and prepares to add new options to help users save transcripts and choose the audio input device.
Earlier this year in March, Google finally rolled out real-time translation in Google Translate which allows users to record speech in one language and have them translated on your phone in near real-time. The feature, called Transcribe, differs from Google Translate's older transcription feature that required you to input text or voice and then wait for the translation. However, despite its usefulness, the feature surprisingly didn't allow users to save transcripts. But that might change soon, as a teardown of the latest version of Google Translate (v6.8.0) has revealed code which suggests that Google is working to include a save transcripts feature in the app.
[Update: Shown Publicly] Google Translate tests a Continuous Translation mode for voice input
Google Translate is testing a new feature that will allow users to continuously translate speech from one language to another in real-time.
Earlier this month, Google rolled out a new Interpreter Mode for the Google Assistant. As the name suggests, the new mode allows you to make the Google Assistant act as your translator for a number of different languages. With a simple command, the feature allows you to translate whatever you're speaking into a different language in real-time. Now, Google is testing a similar feature for Google Translate.
Google Translate is preparing to add flashcards to your phrasebook to help you learn a new language
Google Translate is now getting a new feature with the potential of helping you learn a new language: flashcards for your phrasebook.
Learning a new language can be daunting, but thanks to the digital age, it's now easier than ever. While nothing beats classic learning methods and actually immersing yourself in a new language, apps like Duolingo help hone your skills in your free time. Learning a new language is, however, not as essential as it used to be, as apps like Google Translate help you with understanding another language, either spoken out loud or written. Some people also use it as a complementary tool to learn a new language, and thanks to the app's phrasebook feature, you can save phrases you use constantly so you can check them out later on. Now, we've learned that this feature will be improved even further with the addition of a flashcards feature.
[Update: Rolling out] Google Translate tests instant translation in the camera with automatic language detection
Google Translate app for Android might soon get instant translation with automatic language detection in the camera mode.
In spite of the lack of success with Google Glass, Google firmly believes that augmented reality will dominate the future of services like Search and Maps. Naturally, Google Lens received due attention at Google I/O this year, and a host of features to make information easily perceptible and your life easier, in general, were shown off at the keynote. Among these features, the instant translation with automatic language detection is coming to Google Lens but before that, it has already started to become available on the Google Translate Android app.
Real-time Google Translate coming to all Google Assistant headphones
Recently, the Pixel Buds exclusive real-time Google Translate feature has become available for all headphones and smartphones that support Google Assistant.
The wireless Google Pixel Buds might not have provided the best portability or audio quality, but they were still quite impressive earbuds. One of the most exciting features of the Google Assistant-enabled Pixel Buds is its ability to translate in real-time using Google Translate. This makes talking to a foreign coworker, friend, family member, or any stranger while traveling, much easier. To the dismay of many, the feature is only available for the Pixel Buds paired with a Google Pixel. Now, it appears that Google is finally opening up the feature to more users.
Language Navi translates foreign language apps without root [Giveaway]
Language Navi, which transaltes foreign apps to your own language without root, just got a new update. We have 100 promo codes for a giveaway.
Have you ever found a cool application that you wished was available in your own language? If your answer is yes, Language Navi has your back. The app helps you translate any application to any language that Google Translate supports. It works on-the-fly and you don't need root or any kind of system modifications. It just uses built-in accessibility settings in the Android OS, plus some OCR (Optical Character Recognition) magic to recognize the text and Google Translate to translate it.