Meaning of 使えるようになりました


I came across the following expression and I cannot understand how to
translate it 使えるようになりました。

According to Google Translate: "You can now use it". I was wondering how this
translation fits. Where is "now" coming from? If I translate literally then it
sounds like "Became in a manner of being able to use." Is ようになる part of a set
phrase?




> 使えるようになりました。

Literally

> It has come to be usable/in use.

'使えるようになりました' implies that you could not use 'it' before.

So I think the google's translation 'now you can use it.' sounds natural to
me.

If they want to say that you can use something without connoting that you
couldn't use it in the past, they say/write '使用可能です' or 'ご利用ください' and so on
and on. -without using past tense in the sentence.

I have to add that 'ようになる' is a set phrase.

> e.g. その事故のあと、彼はその薬を欠かさないようになった。
>
> After the accident, the drug became indispensable to him.

ようになる emphasizes that there is a change in comparison to the past.

