Galaxy’s excellent call transfer is limited to the Phone app – that’s about to change.

Live Translate is one of the most interesting new features of Galaxy AI. We’re talking about an artificial intelligence-powered feature that acts like phone call translator so that we can communicate with people who speak a language different from ours. Translation is carried out in real time using synthetic voices, so its use is quite transparent and simple.

Of course, the instant translation that the South Korean company offers us can be very useful, for example, when traveling. Now it has a rather important limitation: it can only be used through the phone app of some Galaxy devices. Therefore, the benefits of Live Translate are limited to calls we make or receive through our operator.

Samsung will expand Live Translate to third-party apps

Samsung announced this week that Live Translate will also be available in third-party apps. This was announced by Won Joon Choi from the company’s research and development department. The chief executive did not give an exact date for the promising rollout, but called the move “exciting” and added that it would be implemented “soon.”

Our colleagues at Xataka Móvil had the opportunity to test Live Translate and found it to be a very useful tool. Based on these premises, when it finally becomes available outside the Phone app on Galaxy devices, we will find new ways to use it, for example through WhatsApp, Zoom or Google Meet voice calls.

It’s worth noting that Choi didn’t specify how Live Translate would work with third-party apps. We do not know whether the system will be responsible for directly offering translation functions in all applications with voice functions or whether we will find a list of compatible applications. We also don’t know whether the new product will reach all devices that currently support Live Translate.

According to the manufacturer’s page, Galaxy AI automatic translation works with One UI 6.1 on Galaxy S24, S23, S23 FE, S22, Z Fold5, Z Fold4, Z Flip5, Z Flip4 and Galaxy Tab S9 5G and Tab S8 5G. We’ll have to wait to hear more details about the announcement, but we can’t deny that being able to use such an interesting feature with other apps is very good news.

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