Google Assistant for KaiOS gets Google Lens-like text translation feature

Google on Tuesday announced Google Lens-like text translation feature to its Google Assistant for KaiOS. In retrospective, Google announced camera-based translation feature to Google Lens at its I/O 2019. The feature allow users to translate text just by pointing the phone’s camera at text. This feature has since then be adopted in multiple Google services, including Google Go.

Now, the feature is available with Google Assistant for KaiOS powered phones, including Reliance JioPhone, JioPhone 2 and Nokia 8110.

“From Assistant, they (users) can click the camera icon to simply point their phone at real-world text (like a product label, street sign, or document, for example,) and have it read back in their preferred language, translated, or defined. Just long press the center button from the home screen to get started with Assistant,” said Google in a statement.