Don’t get me wrong, Google Translate is one of the most useful mobile apps out there, but it’s still pretty annoying to have to copy and paste lines of text whenever I want to translate something from a separate app. For those of you lucky enough to have Android 6.0, however, this will no longer be an issue. Thanks to a new update from Google, people using Android 6.0 will be able to Translate lines of text from within any app.
Thanks to an update for Google Translate, users running Android 6.0 Marshmallow can now translate text from within applications. Previously, all translations would need to be done from within the dedicated Translate app, but now, apps that often feature languages other than English, such as LinkedIn and WhatsApp, can now be translated seamlessly. To perform a translation of text from within an app, simply highlight the text you want translated, choose which language you would like it translated to, and that’s it. Once selected, the text will then be translated in a pop up window via the Translate app. As noted in Google’s post, this feature should work in most applications once updated, unless the developer created a custom text selection behavior. If that’s the case, this feature will not work and the developer will need to implement the standard Android text selection behavior. The update is rolling out now to Google Play, so be sure to grab it if you are in fact running Android 6.0 on your device.
