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WhatsApp can now translate messages on iOS and Android


The company notes that translations occur on the user's device where WhatsApp cannot see them, which means messages remain encrypted.

WhatsApp is rolling out the ability for users to translate messages into their preferred language, the Meta-owned company announced on Tuesday. The company notes that translations occur on the user’s device, where WhatsApp cannot see them, which means that messages remain encrypted. iPhone users can do so in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

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