When wifi is on phone starts downloading language files

You can download languages onto your device. This lets you translate them without an internet connection.

After you’ve downloaded a language, you could be able to translate it by looking at it through your device's camera lens. See languages that work with instant camera translations.

Choose & download languages

1. Make sure you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network.
2. Open the Translate app .
3. On either side of the screen, at the top, tap the language.
4. Next to the language you want to download, tap Download . If it’s not there, the language can’t be downloaded.
5. If asked to download the language file, tap Download.

Next to each language saved on your device, you’ll see Downloaded .

Download languages without Wi-Fi

You can tell Translate to download languages without a Wi-Fi connection. Language files are small, but downloading without Wi-Fi could affect your mobile carrier charges.

1. Open the Translate app .
2. Tap Menu .
3. Tap Settings .
4. Tap Data usage.
5. Tap Download offline translation files.
   • To always be asked before downloading without Wi-Fi, tap Ask before downloading.
   • To always download with mobile data when you can't use Wi-Fi, tap Use Wi-Fi or mobile network.

Update or remove languages

1. Make sure you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network.
2. Open the Translate app .
3. Tap Menu Offline translation.
4. You’ll see a list of the languages available.
   • To upgrade a language to a higher-quality language pack: Next to the language, tap Upgrade.
   • To update a language on your device: Next to the language, tap Update.
   • To delete a language from your device, tap Remove . When asked if you want to remove the offline package, tap Remove.