Google Translate Adds Tap to Translate on Android, Offline Mode on iOS

Tap to Translate allows Android users to copy text within a chat message, internet comment and so on and receive a translation without switching apps.

Google released multiple updates for Google Translate on mobile.

The first, Tap to Translate, allows Android users to copy text within a chat message, internet comment and so on and receive a translation without switching applications. Tap to Translate can be used with all 103 languages supported by Google Translate, and the feature is available to users on Android phones running Jellybean (4.2) and above.

Google Translate Tap to Translate

Next, Google introduced Offline Mode for Google Translate users on iOS. To activate Offline Mode for a language, users can tap the arrow next to the language name to download the offline package for that language.

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