Google today announced a new feature in Google Translate on the web that allows users to translate text into images using AR Translate, the technology used in the Google Lens app available on smartphones.
Users can try out the service by uploading photos from their smartphones or computers to Google Translate under the Photos tab. The tool automatically detects the language of the image and translates it into the desired language. The service offers more than 130 languages to choose from. Users can also compare the original text with the translated text side by side by clicking the View Original button, and they can also upload translated images or copy the text.
The new feature uses the Generative Adversarial Network technology used in Google Lens, which creates images that display translated text as if it were part of the original image, rather than overlaying the translation over the original text.
While this feature was already available in the Google Lens smartphone app, it is now available for browser users.
Last month, Google introduced a major update to the Google Translate app for Android phones, introducing a (contextual translation) feature that displays different meanings of a single word, allowing users to choose the appropriate word to translate to, depending on the context to be arranged to get the most accurate translations of phrases.
The latest update also improves the design and support for several new languages, as well as image translation features similar to those introduced in today's web version of the service.