How to translate foreign languages ​​directly from the iPhone camera

Each year Apple adds several new features that make third-party apps unnecessary. It’s so common that there’s a term —sherlocking— It dates back to the early 2000s. Apple added native search functionality, making the Sherlock app useless.

When iOS16, Apple did it for its own translation app (and by extension, an app like Google Translate). The entire multilingual translation feature is now built into the Live Text feature (best feature from the last update) in the camera app. For it to work,Show Detected Textfeature is enabled setting > cameraPoint your iPhone camera at any text and it will translate Arabic, Mainland Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

After the text is recognized, live text An icon appears in the lower left corner. Tap it to recognize the text.When the camera app recognizes your language, a new translation button in the lower left corner. Tap it to see the translated text in camera view. Tap the translated text to see details, including the original text. There is also an option to open in a translation app. Translations can also be easily copied. is not it cool?

Speaking of cool, Apple also added unit conversations to the Live Text feature. Let’s say you come across an ingredient whose weight is given in grams. However, recipes are measured in ounces. Point your iPhone camera at it and[Live Text]Tap the button, then tap the unit text. Instant conversions to some international units are displayed.