Translate any app, right where the words are.
Tap the floating bubble in any app — games, videos, chats, shopping — and the translation appears on top of the original text. Text is recognised on your phone, and screenshots never leave it.
- Works in any app
- Live game & subtitle translation
- Learn as you read
No account. No ads. Free to use — Pro removes the daily limit on live translation.
How it works
No copying, no switching apps. The translation comes to the text.
Turn on the bubble
Allow Translate on Screen to show over other apps and to capture the screen when you ask it to.
Tap it in any app
Open a game, a video or a chat, then tap the bubble — or drag it over just the part you want.
Read it in place
The translation is laid over the original text, so you keep your place and keep playing.
What it does
One bubble for every app that does not speak your language.
Translate in place
Tap the bubble and the text on screen is recognised and replaced with its translation, right where it was.
Live games and subtitles
Live translation keeps up as the screen changes — dialogue in games, subtitles in videos and streams.
Translate just an area
Drag over the part you care about and translate only that, without the menus and buttons around it.
Copy text from the screen
Lift text out of apps that do not let you select it, then paste it anywhere.
Learn as you read
Pronunciation guides, read aloud and tap-to-look-up turn every screen into a small language lesson.
Your word list
Save words together with a glimpse of where you met them, and review them later with gentle reminders.
Private by design
Your screen can show anything. What happens to it is up to you.
Screenshots stay on your phone
Text is recognised on your device with Google ML Kit. Screenshots are used once and never uploaded or saved.
Online, or Offline only
Online, only the recognised text is sent to Google Translate. Choose Offline only and, once languages are downloaded, nothing leaves your phone.
No account, no ads
Your history and word list stay on your phone. Usage statistics and crash reports can be switched off in Settings.
The full details are in the privacy policy.
Questions
Does it work in every app?
In most apps and games. A few block screen capture or windows drawn over them, and some games have rules against overlays — please follow the rules of the apps you use.
Is it free?
Every feature is free to use. Live translation comes with a daily free allowance; Pro removes that limit. Pro is available as a one-time lifetime purchase or as a yearly or monthly subscription through Google Play. See the subscription terms.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Download the offline languages you need and switch to Offline only; translation then happens entirely on your phone.
What is sent to Google?
In online mode, only the recognised text you translate goes to Google Translate — never screenshots. The app also sends usage statistics and crash reports through Google Firebase, which never include your text, translations or screenshots and can be turned off in Settings › Data & privacy.
What is Enhanced mode?
An optional mode, off by default, that uses Android’s accessibility service to read the text on screen when you start a translation, for more accurate results. It never reads password fields, never reads in the background and never sends screenshots anywhere. More about Enhanced mode.
Why does it ask for these permissions?
To show the bubble and translations over other apps, to capture the screen when you start a translation (Android asks you to confirm), and to keep running with a visible notification. The privacy policy lists every permission and why.
Every app, in your language.
Free on Android. Turn on the bubble and tap it in the next app that does not speak your language.