Location: Global| Date: September 27, 2025|Read Time: 3–4 minutes
Summary:
WhatsApp has officially launched its much-awaited Message Translations feature worldwide. The update allows users to instantly translate messages within chats, groups, and channels, with full privacy protection through on-device processing.
WhatsApp Launches Built-In Message Translations Feature Globally
Meta officially announced the launch of Message Translations on September 23, 2025 via its Meta blog’s WhatsApp update 2025. The company said the update was designed to help more than 3 billion users in 180+ countries communicate across languages more easily.
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The announcement explained that translations will initially cover six languages on Android and 19+ on iPhone.
WhatsApp message Translations: How It Actually Works
Users can simply long-press any message for translate WhatsApp chats and tap “Translate” to see it in another language. On Android, you’ll also have the option to turn on automatic translation for whole chat threads so new messages in that chat will be translated automatically without needing to repeat the action.
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The feature works in one-on-one chats, groups, and channel updates.
Languages Supported & Device Differences
- On Android: six initial languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic.
- On iPhone: support for 19+ languages at launch.
- Automatic thread translation (translating all incoming messages in a conversation) is available initially only for Android.
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Privacy Safeguards
WhatsApp emphasizes that all translations happen on the user’s device. This means messages are not sent to WhatsApp’s servers for translation, preserving end-to-end encryption.
The user decides which languages they want to download packs for, so translations can work even offline once language packs are downloaded.
What This Means for India
This is a game-changer for multilingual conversations. Whether chatting with family in another language or group chats with mixed participants, this removes friction. You no longer need to copy-paste into external translation tools.
It could push forward WhatsApp’s mission of keeping global communication seamless, especially in regions where people speak many languages.
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