Top best translation apps travelers should have

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Google Translate

How it Works: Google will generate a written translation for anything that you type, speak, photograph, or draw on your touch screen. For nearly half of its supported languages, it also offers audio translations—and the number keeps growing. Bonus: a new feature listens for two languages at once, providing the spoken and text translations for both sides of a conversation in real time.

The Good: Google’s translations are incredibly comprehensive—if occasionally clunky. For example, a French sign saying “Cedez le passage” yielded the English “You do not have the priority.”

The Bad: When it comes to Asian characters, results can be nonsensical: on a Chinese menu, “egg- plant with basil” somehow became “nine eggplant.”

Number of Languages: 90, with 38 offering voice translations (at last count).

Off-Line Capability: Downloadable translation packs are available for 50 languages.

Overall Assessment: It may not be perfect, but we love the number of languages—and the price.

Free; Android, iOS

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TripLingo

How it Works: This voice translator piles on the bells and whistles, offering several translations for nearly any given phrase—including formal, casual, and slang versions—as well as helpful phonetic guides. It also comes with instructional phrase books, audio lessons, and tip sheets on local etiquette. And if all else fails, it can connect you with a human translator for an extra fee ($24.99 for five minutes).

The Good: The phrase book’s varied translations give you a much more sophisticated sense of the language: French options for “I’m doing very well” ran the gamut from the formal “Je vais très bien” to the idiomatic “Ça roule” (literally “It’s rolling”).

The Bad: The cost. A free version exists, but it includes a mere 20 phrases per language.

Number of Languages: 23, from Arabic to Vietnamese.

Off-Line Capability: The phrase books and tip sheets work connection-free.

Overall Assessment: Great for business travelers, who can summon live support for nuanced translations in as little as 30 seconds.

$9.99 per month; Android, iOS

iTranslate

How it Works: Beyond translating typed and spoken phrases, this app lets you slow down (or speed up) the corresponding audio playback so that you can work on accurate pronunciation. You can also save translations for recurring reference by marking them as favorites or sending them to yourself in an e-mail. Tip: saving your translations in Evernote can help you create a personalized phrase book.

The Good: Translations were fast and accurate, and the time-saving ability to bookmark translations spares you from looking up the same phrase (e.g., “Is it spicy?”) over and over again.

The Bad: Phonetic English spellings for languages with different alphabets—like Hebrew or Arabic, for instance—were nearly impossible to pronounce.

Number of Languages: 92 total, with 27 offering voice translations.

Off-Line Capability: None.

Overall Assessment: Better for audio than text translations; too bad it doesn’t support a larger number of languages with voice.

$4.99; Android, iOS, Windows Phone

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Waygo

How it Works: Hold your phone’s camera up to anything written in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean and it will produce an English translation on the spot. The app stores a history of your translations and saves your favorites, so you can easily retrieve the directions to your hotel for a local cabdriver. You’re limited to 10 daily trans- lations with the free app; upgrade for unlimited use ($6.99).

The Good: The photo translation is the fastest and most accurate around. It had no problem identifying “eggplant with basil” on the same Chinese menu that stumped

Google Translate.

The Bad: The interface is highly sensitive to movement and difficult to focus. Another annoyance: only being able to see a few translated words at a time.

Number of Languages: Three (Spanish and French are on the way).

Off-Line Capability: Everything but the supplemental language packs works off-line.

Overall Assessment: Without the ability to translate English into any other language, you’ll need other apps.

Free; Android, iOS

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Samsung Plans Software Update to Cut Galaxy 7 Fire Risk

As Samsung Electronics Co. continued to grapple with the fallout of a massive recall of its newest smartphones, it announced a coming software update to limit the number of accidents, while in China — one of its most important markets — it recalled a small batch of phones for the first time.

The developments are a sign of an escalating crisis at Samsung, which is battling to regain consumers’ and investors’ confidence following incidents of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones catching fire while charging.

Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 7 phone, which costs more than $800 in the U.S., in multiple markets last month. Following reports about the devices catching fire, it recalled 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on Sept. 2 in 10 countries.

Since Samsung announced the recall more than $10 billion has been wiped off the company’s market value. Samsung was forced to delay the launch of the new phones in India and other key markets, and suffered dwindling consumer confidence as airlines and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned against people using or charging the phones on planes.

Samsung said Wednesday that the software update would be available from Sept. 20, in its home country of South Korea first. It didn’t have a timeline for when U.S. consumers could update their phones. The software attempts to reduce the risk of phones catching fire by limiting the battery charge to 60%, it said.

“We are considering every possible measure to protect consumers’ safety and this update is part of our ongoing efforts to urge consumers to power down their device and participate in the replacement program,” it said.

In the U.S. Samsung said it continues to work with the CPSC and its carrier partners to develop solutions.

“No action will be taken without the approval of the CPSC,” it said.

In China on Wednesday, the country’s quality supervisory agency said it met with Samsung’s local office and the company laid out a plan to recall 1,858 Galaxy Note 7 units that had been acquired by select consumers in the country ahead of the official start of sales through a phone trade-up program. Samsung said those were test devices. China wasn’t part of the Sept. 2 because Samsung said phones shipped there didn’t contain faulty batteries.

The recalled units were manufactured between July 20 and Aug. 5, and acquired ahead of the Sept. 1 start of regular sales, said China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Samsung China said that they would be replaced with the same model.

The regulator said the internal barrier separating the two sides of the battery leaked and there was insufficient coverage by insulation tape, causing short circuits and overheating.

“In extreme situations, it can combust, resulting in hidden safety dangers,” it said.

China’s flight regulator also said Wednesday the Galaxy Note 7 is forbidden from being put in checked luggage. It also reminded passengers not to use the device or charge it on planes, joining the Federal Aviation Administration and other airlines to issue warnings. A ban on smartphone use on planes was already in effect on Chinese carriers.

“Our number one priority is the safety of our customer. We are asking users to power down their Galaxy Note 7s and exchange them as soon as possible,” Samsung said in a statement Wednesday, noting it is working on replacement devices.

Samsung relied on two battery suppliers: Samsung SDI Co., an affiliate that supplied the bulk of the faulty batteries in the Galaxy Note 7 and Hong Kong-based Amperex Technology Ltd., which supplied batteries for phones sold in China that weren’t part of the recall. ATL has recently seen a rise in orders for batteries for the Note 7, people familiar with the matter said.

Samsung has said it is looking for a third supplier.

“Samsung is at risk of turning a minor drama into a major crisis,” said Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics. “Samsung needs to get a decisive grip of the battery problem and fix it.”

HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE

The Google Play Store is a treasure trove of apps and content. It’s sometimes necessary to install the Play Store manually if you unintentionally uninstalled it or want to roll back to a previous version to avoid bugs. Here’s how to download and how to install the Play Store (currently version 6.9.15), along with details of the new features each update introduces.

A note on Google Play Store version numbers
The numbering system for Google Play Store versions may seem a little confusing at first, but it’s easy to get your head around. If the jumps between numbers seem odd, that’s simply because Google didn’t publicly release the versions in between. Note that new Play Store versions can delete old features as well as introduce new ones, so we’ve detailed what each new version brings in at the bottom of this article.

Download Google Play Store APK
Please note that the following guide is for owners of an Android device with a licensed version of the Play Store installed. We recognize that is sometimes necessary to re-install or roll back the Play Store.

The latest version of Google Play is 6.9.15 and this version hints at several upcoming new features, including the ability to test apps without downloading them to your device. For more details, head to our what’s new in Google Play section and if you’re having problems, check out our guide to troubleshooting Google Play.

How to install Google Play Store
The simplest method for how to install the Play Store will already be quite familiar to you if you’re an avid follower of AndroidPIT: just install the Play Store APK manually. An APK is the Android equivalent to an .exe program on your computer.

Instead of downloading an app from the Play Store, you simply install it yourself without the Play Store’s help (see our guide on installing apps outside of Google Play). This is extra useful when the app you want to install is the Play Store itself.

There are two ways to get the Google Play APK installed on your device: directly on your phone or with your computer. We’ll do the easy option first.

Install Google Play (phone method)

• Enable Unknown Sources by going to Settings > Security, then ticking the box next to Unknown sources. Don’t be alarmed, unknown sources are simply locations outside of the Play Store, which is critical if it’s the Play Store itself that you want. (Don’t forget to uncheck this option once you’re done)
• Using the browser on your device, go to XDA Developers forum or APK Mirror to download the APK for the latest version of the Play Store.
• You may get a message warning that “this type of file can harm your device.” Ignore it (trust us) and tap OK.
• Open the APK (you can tap the completed download in your notifications menu), read the new permissions (if any) that the new Play Store version requests, then tap Install.

Install Google Play (computer method)

If you don’t have a data or Wi-Fi connection on your device, you can download the APK to your computer instead. The same process applies:

• Enable Unknown sources on your device.
• Using the browser on your computer, go to XDA Developers forum or APK Mirror to download the APK for the latest version of the Play Store.
• Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable and copy the APK over to your Android device.
• Launch the APK, accept the permissions and tap Install.

Google Play Store troubleshooting
Google Services Framework is a crucial service that lets the Play Store communicate with apps on your device, allowing for automatic updates and so on. If these functions stop working, or you experience other problems, then there may be a problem with the service, and you should clear the cache on Google Play Store and Google Play Services. To do this:

• Go to Settings > Apps
• Scroll down to Google Play Store, tap it, then tap Clear cache.
• Do the same for Google Play services
• That should fix most problems you’ll experience with the Play Store

Note: depending on what type of device you have, it may need to be rooted in order to manually install the Play Store, but that’s a tutorial for another day.

What’s new in Google Play

What’s new in Google Play 6.9.15

The latest version of the Google Play Store hints at several upcoming features. First and foremost, Google has implemented an ‘App Streaming’ function into searches so that you can test an app without downloading it onto your device. This was pointed out by Android Police, who claim that the apps load on a remote server and are then streamed to your device and that this is not the same as Google’s upcoming ‘Instant Apps’ feature.

Though app streaming is currently only found in the ‘Apps’ tab when conducting an online Google search, it would appear that this will be rolled out to the Play Store at some point in the future.

Additionally, version 6.9.15 indicates that a Play Store purchase interface specifically for VR could be in the works. Typically, making purchases in the Play Store requires the use of your smartphone to complete the process. Code in version 6.9.15 suggests this could soon change.

What’s new in Google Play 6.2.10 – 6.5.08

Since February, Google has released what appears to be four different versions of the Play Store, designated by the ending letters A, B, C or D. This would suggest Google is conducting A/B testing on users. From what we can tell, these new features and changes include things like the removal of the scrolling window of featured apps on the Play Store homepage, icon changes, and other relatively minor things. One thing all the builds seem to share in common is that the Play Store now displays Download pending when an app is queued for download, rather than showing the animated downloading bar.

What’s new in Google Play 6.0.5

In a helpful move for both developers and users, Google has added the ability for developers to generate promo codes, allowing paid apps and games, as well as in-app content, to be made available for free.

Google also made a less substantial alteration to how reviews are judged by users. Now there is a small thumbs-up icon, just like on Facebook, that can be used to show agreement with a user review of an app. As part of this change, the spam button has been relegated to a side menu next to the thumb. It’s a subtle change that means it’s now easier to give positive feedback than negatively report reviews, which was likely abused by many.

What’s new in Google Play 6.0.00

The biggest change in Google Play v6.0 is the long-awaited visual overhaul previewed by Googler Kirill Grouchnikov almost a month ago (shown below). The redesigned Google Play Store now divides content into two categories: apps and games, and entertainment. Previously, the front page showed six tabs.

What’s new in Google Play 5.10.30

Google Play version 5.10.30 came quickly after version 5.10.29. There are only a few changes that we can see, the most notable of which the new Google Play font in the search bar, along with the ability to copy text from the Description and What’s New section.

We still haven’t seen the new front page mentioned above, but that may well be Play Store version 6.0 or a server-side change. Other changes in the code that aren’t live yet reference books being grouped into series and app size information being displayed at installation time.

What’s new in Google Play 5.9.11

The first thing you’ll notice in Google Play 5.9.11 is a new pop-up window letting you know about granular app permissions in apps compatible with Android 6.0.

The team at Android Police revealed further documentation for fingerprint support, an uninstall manager (probably tied into Marshmallow’s RAM Manager), location-based recommendations and new visuals when refunding apps.

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Clash of Clans

Averagely receive 4,5-star vote from users on Google Play and at this point of time, there are up to more than 28 million downloads this app game. Have you ever tried it?

From rage-­filled Barbarians with glorious mustaches to pyromaniac wizards, raise your own army and lead your clan to victory! Build your village to fend off raiders, battle against millions of players worldwide, and forge a powerful clan with others to destroy enemy clans.

PLEASE NOTE! Clash of Clans is free to download and play, however some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you do not want to use this feature, please set up password protection for purchases in the settings of your Google Play Store app. Also, under our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to play or download Clash of Clans.

A network connection is also required.

Big features of the game:

• Build your village into an unbeatable fortress
• Raise your own army of Barbarians, Archers, Hog Riders, Wizards, Dragons and other mighty fighters
• Battle with players worldwide and take their Trophies
• Join together with other players to form the ultimate Clan
• Fight against rival Clans in epic Clan Wars
• Build 20 unique units with multiple levels of upgrades
• Discover your favorite attacking army from countless combinations of troops, spells, Heroes and Clan reinforcements
• Defend your village with a multitude of Cannons, Towers, Mortars, Bombs, Traps and Walls
• Fight against the Goblin King in a campaign through the realm