Google Translate for Android Explores Generative AI “Ask Anything” (v9.18)

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Key Points of This Article

• The Android version of the Google Translate app may be rolling out a generative AI feature called “Ask Anything.”
• Our exclusive investigation found references to the generative AI feature “Ask Anything” for the first time within the internal code of the Android Google Translate app v9.18.
• It has also been confirmed that this will be an interactive generative AI feature.

Following the rollout of “Ask” type generative AI features like “Ask Photos” for Google Photos and “Ask Gemini” for Google Meet, Google Translate’s Android app may also be getting a generative AI feature called “Ask Anything.”

Our exclusive investigation has uncovered references to the generative AI feature “Ask Anything” for the first time within the internal code of the Android Google Translate app v9.18, which was distributed around Monday, September 22, 2025. We would like to introduce our findings.

<string name="msg_ask_anything">Ask anything</string>
<string name="msg_generative_ai_disclaimer">Generative AI can make mistakes. Verify important information.</string>
<string name="result_ask_followup_fab_text">Ask a follow-up</string>
<string name="result_new_translation_fab_text">New translation</string>
<string name="suggested_follow_up_display_message">People also ask</string>

<string name="msg_ask_anything">Ask anything</string>
<string name="msg_generative_ai_disclaimer">Generative AI can make mistakes. Verify important information.</string>
<string name="result_ask_followup_fab_text">追加で聞く</string>
<string name="result_new_translation_fab_text">新しい翻訳</string>
<string name="suggested_follow_up_display_message">他の人はこちらも質問</string>

This code indicates the generative AI feature “Ask Anything” that will be rolled out to the Android Google Translate app. The presence of phrases like “Ask a follow-up,” “New translation,” and “People also ask” confirms that it will be an interactive generative AI feature. Furthermore, since it already supports Japanese, it may be available in Japanese environments from the time of its rollout.

While it is not yet known when the generative AI feature “Ask Anything” for the Android Google Translate app, which was confirmed this time, will be rolled out, or if it will be rolled out at all, it has become clear that development is at least underway.

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