- Google is testing a live translation functionality in Circle to Search.
- Unlike the current translation function, the live functionality is likely to translate dynamic screens, such as moving webpages or videos.
- The Live Translate functionality can be used per app, for the entire screen, or a smaller, selected portion of it.
Google’s Circle to Search is a stellar search feature that allows you to look up information about anything on the screen. Besides its search functionality, Circle to Search lets you translate any static text on the screen, and the functionality is about to get a big boost that will enable translation for moving text as well.
We recently learned about Google testing a new “Live Translate” feature within Circle to Search. As likely implied by the use of “live,” the feature extends translation beyond static images to other rapidly changing interfaces, such as web pages, or media, such as GIFs and videos. Although the feature is currently under development (and remains far from perfect), we were able to see some aspects working, giving us an indication of how it could function after all.