Overview

• Users can translate messages via a long-press option, with support in individual chats, group conversations and channels.
• Android adds an optional setting to auto-translate all incoming messages in a chosen chat thread.
• iOS launches with more than 19 languages including German, while Android starts with English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic, and lacks German at launch.
• Language packs must be downloaded once to store them locally for future translations.
• WhatsApp is rolling the feature out in stages worldwide and plans to expand language support over time.