The Google Translate for Android app has received a significant update which brings improvements to text and handwriting translation, instant results as you type among other features. Google Translate for Android takes the first step to breaking the language barrier.
You can download the update directly on your device through Google Play or by using the link which follows:
| Download |  |
| Price | Free |
| Requirements | Android 2.1 or greater |
One of the best new features is the ability to translate with your phones camera by highlighting text in an image with your finger. This feature makes use of Google’s image-recognition algorithm to recognize the printed words. This will be very useful when you are travelling in a foreign country and want to translate a road sign. The updated version of Google Translate also has the following features and improvements:
- Use camera to take a picture and brush text to translate (available on Android 2.3 and above).
- Get instant translation results as you type.
- Choose dialect preference for speech input.
- Japanese handwriting now recognizes multiple characters at once.
- Added access network state permission to check network availability when sending requests.