New Google Translate App Now Available in China
Google has reintroduced its Translate mobile apps to China, where they can now be accessed and used without the need for software to bypass local censorship. The U.S. tech giant Google left China more than seven years ago when it redirected its local search engine to Hong Kong and many of its services are censored in the country. Today’s date marks the re-launching of it for the first time and how it has revived a service specifically for their loyal users. Google has maintained a web-based version of Translate that has been accessible since its China exit, but with half of China’s 1.4 billion populations using the internet on mobile, according to the latest government figures, these apps will give the service wider reach and it was necessary to have a newer version of it. The iOS version of Translate is available in the Chinese App Store, while Google is directing Android users to a direct download from its servers here. Previously, those in China could only use th