TL;DR
- The Galaxy S26 series has quietly added a new Real-time translation feature in the camera app that overlays translated text directly onto what you’re looking at.
- This feature builds on Samsung’s Overlay Translation system in the Gallery app and Samsung Internet.
- Older Galaxy phones get photo and web page translation overlays, but real-time camera translation is exclusive to the Galaxy S26 series for now.
Samsung has quietly given the Galaxy S26 series a clever new capability that no previous Galaxy phone has had or will get. The company has introduced Real-time translation inside the Galaxy S26’s camera app. While Samsung has been rolling out its Overlay Translation system to older Galaxy devices, the S26 is the first lineup capable of Real-time translations using the tech, directly in the viewfinder.
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