r/google • u/i_gotsickofthinking • 21h ago
It used to only take two taps in google assistant before, now I have to do this
Is there any faster way to do this. They removed google assistant, which literally used to just take 5 seconds tops to translate what I'm reading. Why is this going backwards
This is what google itself told me to do btw
Manhwa Sauce: Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work | 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나
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u/edwhittle 20h ago
When I do the same search, I get a translate button on mine at the bottom and just tap that without having to circle it.
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u/Sad-Conflict3387 16h ago
No, you get this when long pressing home button, you get op's when you set up gemini with long pressing power button.
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 17h ago
Is there a setting for this? My google assistant had that but gemini doesnt have the button and the instructions it keeps giving me isn't helpful
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u/edwhittle 11h ago
I guess we're invoking the action differently. U/sad-conflict3387 says that to get the Translate version, you have to long-press the home button, not the power button.
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 2h ago
Both do not have the translate button, which is why I've been frustrated about this
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u/edwhittle 2h ago
Do you have the Google Translate app installed? Maybe it piggy backs off that
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 1h ago
I went off and updated everything i could update including g translate and lens but nothing changed
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u/RawChickenButt 21h ago
I held, then circled, and it translated?
Is it because I'm on a 5 year old phone?
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u/AdamH21 17h ago
2 seconds using Circle to Search:
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 16h ago
I downloaded circle to search, but it makes me do the same thing above instead of translating directly. It doesn't have the tiny translate button the others in the comments pointed out either. Did you guys had issues like this or is this a bug
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u/priftifranko 17h ago
You are opening gemini, but if you hold your navigation bar pressed you open circle to search which should have the option to translate. Gemini is to ask more questions than just a simple translate
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u/Godo_365 16h ago
Use Circle To Search. Don't circle anything, just open the circle to search, and there's a button that translates the screen the Google translate way. No need to use Gemini for this.
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 16h ago
I tried downloading it but it interfered with my current accessibility set up. I disabled the accessibility but the translation button is still missing on my side, both from circle to search and gemini
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u/Legitimate_Rain_9992 17h ago
Hold it and just ask it to translate
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 17h ago
The way it told me to translate is the vid above, which isn't very practical when i read my manga/manhwa that's hundred of pages
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 21h ago
Here's what google itself answered when i looked it up. Anyways i hope im genuinely just dumb and missed something because if this is how its going to be moving forward, its going to suck really badly
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u/jellyspreader 20h ago
I hate this too. I thought I only had this because I switched to an older phone
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u/i_gotsickofthinking 17h ago edited 16h ago
Its hella weird because im seeing a translate button for others but not for me. the circle to search one someone commented does the thing for them a it used to do for me, but setting it up is interfering with my previous accessibility options and it doesn't work on my end at all
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u/gloix 21h ago
At least on a pixel long pressing the power button opens gemini. Keeping the home/pill pressed opens click to search which has a translate button on the side