Google is rolling out support for 33 new offline languages on its Google Translate app for Android and iOS users. “We’re happy to announce that we’re expanding the offline language functionality to 33 new languages. This allows users to download the languages of interest and translate text when internet connection is unavailable,” the company said on a support page.
The list of 33 recently added offline languages includes Basque, Cebuano, Chichewa, Corsican, Frisian, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hmong, Igbo, Javanese, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Kurdish, Lao, Latin, Luxembourgish, Malagasy, Maori, Myanmar (Burmese), Oriya/ Odia, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sundanese, Tatar, Turkmen, Uyghur, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, and Zulu.
To download an offline language, open the Google Translate app and tap the download button next to the language you want to download. Saved languages will display as Downloaded in the Google Translator app. Once the language is downloaded, users can translate without the need for an active internet connection.
Users are required to update the Google Translate app to use the offline language feature for the recently added 33 new languages. Google Translate app is available to download for Android and iOS users via Google Play Store and Apple App Store, respectively.
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