The second bit of tech wizardry is that it has integrated a very powerful imaging app called WordLens into Translate. While not perhaps as powerful as the Babel Fish, the updated Translate app, available now for both Android and iOS, is pretty clever. [ot-video type=”youtube” url=”The Google Translate app is already quite clever at providing spoken translations and it has been able to do real-time translations on Android since 2013 but the new update brings this feature to iOS for the first time.Īt the same time, Google’s boffins have added something very clever – the app can now automatically detect which of the two languages used in the conversation is being used, meaning you can have a more fluid conversation. The first enhancement really is a another step on the road to having a Douglas Adams’ Babel Fish on your smartphone (see clip below). The news from Google headquarters is that it has turned its Google Translate app into something that would not look out of place in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The future is here at last and science fiction aficionados will rejoice in the latest news to come out of Mountain View.
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