Google Now on Tap, launched as part of Android Marshmallow
last year,
now allows you to translate text from any screen, the
search giant
announced on Wednesday. In order to use this service, you just need to
hold down the home button and choose the option Translate this screen
when Now on Tap pops up.
As of now, the option for
translation will be available to the users who have their phone's
language set to English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese,
or Russian. When the content that user is viewing is in another
language, it will be translated to the language being used in the phone.
Earlier you could select text and use Now on Tap to translate it, but with the update entire pages can be translated easily.
Google has further made QR code scanning apps obsolete as you can now
scan usual bar codes or square-shaped QR codes right from Now on Tap
itself and get relevant information for corresponding products on your
phones. To use this feature, all you need to do is open your Camera app,
point to any such code and open Now On Tap by holding down the home
button.
The search giant has also introduced a
Discover Section for Now On Tap that would fetch news articles, videos,
and other content related to what is presently on your screen just
through a single tap.
Last month, Google added
several features to Now On Tap including a Nearby
Places card that shows you nearby restaurants, cafes, bars, shopping,
gas station, and ATMs. It also added a quick action tab that allows you
to set up new reminders, create events, set alarm, start timer, navigate
to work etc.
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