Firefox Presents Page Translation Features On IPhone And IPad

The translator feature in Firefox (photo: dock. Mozilla)

JAKARTA Mozilla has finally rolled out their local page translation feature to Firefox on mobile devices. Users on iPhone and iPad can access this feature after updating the Firefox app to version 146.

This feature allows iOS and iPadOS users to translate web pages without sacrificing privacy. This translation feature works locally. This means that page addresses or content will not be sent to third-party services such as Google Translate.

Mozilla ensures that user data confidentiality will be maintained. This will distinguish Firefox's translation feature from most browsers that send page content to the cloud before translating it.

"Firefox takes a different path: Everything happens locally, directly on your phone," explained Mozilla, developer of Firefox, quoted on Thursday, December 11.

This on-device translation feature was first launched as a desktop extension in 2022. By 2024, this feature will be integrated into browsers on Windows, Mac, and Linux. This feature is also present on Firefox for Android.

After trailing from Android, iPhone and iPad users can now enjoy the same capabilities. The company promises to add more languages and increase translation accuracy in the future.

The launch of this feature began in the first week of December The languages supported at the start of the launch were Germany, France, and Japan. Mozilla will add support for Spanish and Portuguese languages in the near future.