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Top complaints - extracted from 30 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"translate"
9 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the new version is very bad they force you to use an AI to translate there is no option to go back to use the classic option I like the old sound translation" - Hussein MIN Q
2
"option"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the new version is very bad they force you to use an AI to translate there is no option to go back to use the classic option I like the old sound translation" - Hussein MIN Q
3
"language"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's good when it works, but the live translate freezes constantly and will randomly flip the spoken language for the translated language. Requires constant restart of the app and makes it a poor option for in person scenarios." - Douglas Caldwell
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"text"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I think it's terribly inconvenient to what it was a few years ago. Unfortunately, all the other apps I've tried are even worse. Keep up the bad work. You're still not as bad as your competitors. I miss the days when you could copy some text…" - Robert Carriedo
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"google"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I think it's terribly inconvenient to what it was a few years ago. Unfortunately, all the other apps I've tried are even worse. Keep up the bad work. You're still not as bad as your competitors. I miss the days when you could copy some text…" - Robert Carriedo
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"translation"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the new version is very bad they force you to use an AI to translate there is no option to go back to use the classic option I like the old sound translation" - Hussein MIN Q
7
"anymore"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the new app one cannot copy the transaction anymore" - Tony Aslam BEM
8
"lens"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Many new problems have come to the fore, for example, previously we could translate each individual word using Lens, but now it is very difficult." - Arafat Miajy
9
"work"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "used to work extremely well. the keyboard is not working at all that is my primary use for the app and now it's trash 🗑️" - Keith Zachary
10
"does"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I think it's terribly inconvenient to what it was a few years ago. Unfortunately, all the other apps I've tried are even worse. Keep up the bad work. You're still not as bad as your competitors. I miss the days when you could copy some text…" - Robert Carriedo
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"send"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "unable to send snap to translation home after last update and whole purpose is ruined ..." - Aqdas Ikram
12
"update"
3 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "unable to send snap to translation home after last update and whole purpose is ruined ..." - Aqdas Ikram
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the new version is very bad they force you to use an AI to translate there is no option to go back to use the classic option I like the old sound translation
it is very bed.
very week app is this everyone listen don't download this
the new app one cannot copy the transaction anymore
Many new problems have come to the fore, for example, previously we could translate each individual word using Lens, but now it is very difficult.
Nice 👍
No customer service
good
used to work extremely well. the keyboard is not working at all that is my primary use for the app and now it's trash 🗑️
You should give us the option to change the voice of Google Translate to a male voice. So a male person can understand what he is saying to that male person or a female person. a male person talks differently a female person talks differently a old person talks differently. also give users of special function without internet will type something that sound will make some places in the country there is no signal or there is no internet
unable to send snap to translation home after last update and whole purpose is ruined ...
when I try to "select all" during translate from picking any text image the select all options shows far bottom so that i am unable to tap on select all . o have checked in another phone ,still the same problem too. please fix the bug. 2-3 days before it was showing perfectly on the screen.
if your going to have catalan you most have Valencia's dialogue wich valenciano similar to catalan but is not the same
it used to be nice. then some genius developer changed the camera option, it uses google lens and now it cover everything and the button send to translate is unreachable . so cant be used anymore
When I take a picture to translate text from it, the app doesn't let me scroll down to the bottom to select the "Send to translate home" option.
Stock repeat phantom "Yeah, Yeah ..." form silent, and you can not stop it.
Major idle battery drain after the update to Android 17.
This app has gotten worse since I last reviewed it in 2024. Now it doesn't even save translations from less than a day ago. I understand not saving every translation we make on the app, but what's the point of deleting translations that I made even before yesterday? That's the dumbest thing ever. This app just gets worse and worse with every update. I would rate 0 stars if I could.
Not accurate and mixed up.
after installation the app is useless, won't do anything according to its purpose.
not adds, it's app does not work properly 😔
this app does not works on Android 15 with Google go and allows to translate through Camera. error is latest google is not installed & even not allowing to install lens or old google app. so cnt translate whole page by taking image from inbuilt Camera option of this application
Whoever thinks this app gives accurate translations really needs to get their brain checked. The app struggles with past tenses and will often completely reverse the meaning of what you just said. The people who say it translates "good" don't use it enough to know it's faults. I use this app everyday to talk to people and the app routinely mistranslates what I am trying to say. my messages end up looking like a declassified CIA report because I have to keep redacting the botched translations.
What happened to your speech to text? Can't even get the language right
The app is not translating anymore if I tap on words in original language mode. I miss that feature since the newest version.
It's good when it works, but the live translate freezes constantly and will randomly flip the spoken language for the translated language. Requires constant restart of the app and makes it a poor option for in person scenarios.
I think it's terribly inconvenient to what it was a few years ago. Unfortunately, all the other apps I've tried are even worse. Keep up the bad work. You're still not as bad as your competitors. I miss the days when you could copy some text in another language, and the translate bubble would pop up. It was so easy. Edit: why does it tell you to keep speaking in either language but, only translates to English, no matter what language you speak?? Anything Google, isn't what it was 10 years ago
was somewhat ok in the past but now it crashes half a minute into a conversation so it is no longer usable. edit: really? why bother replying if you're just sending me to a whole website just to tell me to reinstall or restart?
have bug needsto be fixed
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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