Google Translate Adds Background Mode For Android, Earpiece Audio For iOS
One third of live sessions run past five minutes, the reason Google gives for letting Android keep translating with the screen locked.
- Android's Live Translate now keeps working while multitasking or with the phone locked, Google says.
- iOS gains earpiece audio for Live Translate, already standard on Android, works without headphones nearby.
- Live Translate covers more than 70 languages; Android's background mode reaches iOS later, no date given.
Why it matters: Android gets the feature today; iPhone owners get a company's promise called soon, and nothing else.