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Google Rolls Out Scroll and Translate Beta in Circle to Search

It brings real-time translation of moving on-screen text through a floating overlay in the Google app beta

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You might finally understand every video on your phone thanks to a Circle to Search update

Overview

  • The Scroll and Translate option has appeared in Circle to Search’s app drawer for Google app beta users on Pixel devices.
  • Users can target translations to the full screen, individual apps or a cropped region via a movable overlay with language controls and a disable button.
  • The feature extends Circle to Search’s static image translations to dynamic content such as scrolling webpages, videos and GIFs.
  • Early testers report that translations appear briefly and inconsistently as Google works to improve accuracy, performance and stability.
  • Observers link the beta rollout to impending Pixel and Android software updates, though Google has not announced a public release date.