update added support for 20 new languages, with the release of a new implementation that utilizes convolutional neural networks, and also enhanced the speed and quality of Conversation Mode translations (augmented reality). The feature was subsequently renamed Instant Camera. The technology underlying Instant Camera combines image processing and optical character recognition, then attempts to produce cross-language equivalents using standard Google Translate estimations for the text as it is perceived. On May 11, 2016, Google introduced Tap to Translate for Google Translate for Android. Upon highlighting text in an app that is in a foreign language, Translate will pop up inside of the app and offer translations. API On May 26, 2011, Google announced that the Google Translate API for software developers had been deprecated and would cease functioning. The Translate API page stated the reason as "substantial economic burden caused by extensive abuse" with an end date set for December 1, 2011. In response to public pressure, Google announced in June 2011 that the API would continue to be available as a paid service. Because the API was used in numerous third-party websites and apps, the original decision to deprecate it led some developers to criticize Google and question the viability of using Google APIs in their products. Google Assistant Google Translate also provides translations for Google Assistant and the devices that Google Assistant runs on such as Google Nest and Pixel Buds. Supported languages As of , the following 133 languages are supported by Google Translate. Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Assamese Aymara Azerbaijani Bambara Basque Belarusian Bengali Bhojpuri Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese (Myanmar) Catalan Cebuano Chewa (Chichewa) Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dogri Dutch English Esperanto Estonian Ewe Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Guarani Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Ilocano Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Konkani Korean Krio Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kurdish (Sorani) Kyrgyz Lao Latin Latvian Lingala Lithuanian Luganda Luxembourgish Macedonian Maithili Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maldivian (Dhivehi) Maltese Māori (Maori) Marathi Meitei (Manipuri, Meiteilon) Mizo Mongolian Nepali Northern Sotho (Sepedi) Norwegian (Bokmål) Odia (Oriya) Oromo Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi (Gurmukhi) Quechua Romanian Russian Samoan Sanskrit Scottish Gaelic (Scots Gaelic) Serbian Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Sotho (Sesotho) Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tagalog (Filipino) Tajik Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tsonga Turkish Turkmen Twi Ukrainian Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh West Frisian (Frisian) Xhosa