How to use your phone's camera to translate anything

Our phones have the ability to make sense of other languages (and it requires minimal effort on our part).

By Calvin Wankhede Nov. 2, 2026 6:00 pm EST Kitzcorner/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Google Discover

If you're a frequent traveler, you may frequently encounter signage or other text in foreign languages. That's all well and good if you have enough knowledge to piece together a translation, but if you can't even understand the alphabet in question, you're faced with a much bigger challenge.