Introducing Message Translations on WhatsApp

More than 3 billion folks in over 180 international locations use WhatsApp, and we’re at all times working to maintain our customers intently related, irrespective of the place they’re on the planet. That’s why we’re excited to convey message translations to WhatsApp, so you may extra simply talk throughout languages.

Now, whenever you need to translate a WhatsApp message to a different language, you may merely long-press the message and faucet Translate. Choose the language you need the message to be translated from or to, and obtain it to be saved for future translations. This works for 1:1 chats, teams, and Channel updates too.

Android customers will even be capable of select to activate computerized translation for a complete chat thread, so all future incoming messages in a dialog are translated as nicely. 

Message translations have been designed to guard the privateness of your chats. That’s why translations happen in your system the place WhatsApp can’t see them. 

We’re rolling out message translations to Android and iPhone customers step by step from right this moment, in a number of choose languages to begin with extra to observe. For Android customers, translations will initially be out there in six languages: English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic. For our iPhone customers, the characteristic will launch in 19+ languages. 

We hope this characteristic helps break down language obstacles and permits customers to attach extra deeply.