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Google Updated its 'Now on Tap' to Translate Text on Android Marshmallow
Google's 'Now on Tap' service is about to get better. It is adding a new feature that can translate text almost instantly. Android Marshmallow users will no longer have to highlight sections of text and request a translation.
To access Now on Tap's translation feature, users have to hold down the home button on their phone and the entire page will be translated -- this includes pages with multiple languages. The translating service is not just limited to webpages, it is also available for foreign apps.
There is a limitation however -- 'Now on Tap' can only be used on phones that have one of the following languages set at its default: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. Hopefully, in time, Google will expand that list to include even more languages.
To access Now on Tap's translation feature, users have to hold down the home button on their phone and the entire page will be translated -- this includes pages with multiple languages. The translating service is not just limited to webpages, it is also available for foreign apps.
There is a limitation however -- 'Now on Tap' can only be used on phones that have one of the following languages set at its default: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. Hopefully, in time, Google will expand that list to include even more languages.
