The long -awaited novelty announced in recent weeks begins to be functional also to the general public starting with the devices Android: on WhatsApp It will be possible to speak much more easily and above all to be understood even by those who speak a language other than ours thanks to the new option on Automatic translation of messages.
How it works
Announced by the experts of Wabetainfowith the beta update 2.24.15.9 for Android many users have discovered that this new option has arrived on chat to translate what is said (vocal audio) or written in the language you want. This is a very important possibility that meets the privacy Because if until recently it was necessary to exit the app and use external services, remaining inside WhatsApp thanks to end-to-de encryption no message will be sent to external servers.
The translation function can be activated from the information present in chat where users can specify the chosen language: at that point there is the possibility that this new option is automatic or manual, when we have to change language from time to time based on needs. Each user can also choose not to enable the automatic translation but translate only individual messages by clicking directly on the text and option “Translate”.
The choice of language
Those who have the new option will be able to download languages of languages: in practice, each user will be asked to choose the one in which you want to make the translation. At that moment “WhatsApp will download the corresponding language package to enable the translation. Users can also choose to install a special language package capable of automatically detecting the language of coming messages “, Experts explain. Especially in the group chat, the new option can be very useful for the use of more languages among those available ranging from Arabic to Russian, from Brazilian to Hindi.
What are the weak points
“It is important to note that all translations are elaborated locally on the device and no data of the messages is shared with expert destination or server“, The experts specify.
As already happens with other apps, however, the translation of the text cannot be precise and accurate because “Translations are generated locally and are based on light language packages “. It is therefore necessary to know that if the option is certainly useful, there will not always be the hoped for accuracy.