Translate in iOS

[mformby]

The fact that there is no way to translate automatically in iOS puts Firefox way behind Edge, Safari, and Chrome on the iOS platform. I was excited to switch to Firefox but this vital missing feature will keep me or anyone else who lives outside of the English speaking world from using Firefox as their mobile browser. Cutting the URL into google.translate.com is no substitute at all for the ability to translate from within the app.

[Zapper585]

I’m very sad that in 2025 I still have to use other mobile browsers for built in translator capacity 😞

[flavin]

Excellent News! Happy to read that you are working on it!

[Kagezod]

Doesn't matter anymore, I just learned English instead. 

[hermeneutics]

Please add this so I can delete the Chrome app!

[Jon]

Hey all, 

Quick update from the iOS team: this is being developed, and we're aiming to deliver it by the end of the year 🙌

[myspace]

good news. i don't want to keep using chrome

[drnknsailoe]

we had one good news and no improvement or development on reddit. Nice

[Benutzer]

If you want to compete with safari and chrome, you can't miss out on the basic features!

[andyf]

Hey all!

I hope you’re doing well. I’m excited to share that iOS Translations will begin rolling out in the next few weeks! We will share the final announcement early next week, but I wanted to give this community an early preview.

See demo here:

We are launching with a Phase 1 version of the feature, which allows you to do local translations of any webpage into your device’s language.

Initial rollout languages (Week 1):

• Spanish
• Portuguese
• Japanese
• German
• French

  After the first week, we will begin expanding to all Mozilla supported languages. The feature is already available in Firefox iOS Nightly, so feel free to try it and share your feedback with us. I’m also attaching a short demo so you can see it in action.

  As always with Firefox:

• Translations are done locally on your device, so your data stays private.

Thanks for your continued support and ideas!

[thiagodsti]

Hi,

Just to confirm, will you also support translation from Swedish to English for example, right?

Thanks in advanced

[okay_okay]

looks good and happy to hear that it's almost here

[brand0]

Will it work on iPad as well?

[smoonyc]

100%! The fact that it’s 3 years later and the apps are still not at parity when it comes to translation is a major fail for Mozilla.

[Jon]

Great news...

iOS Translations is now rolling out to users in Firefox 146 — see @andyf's recent comment (including a demo video) to learn more about the feature.

Try it out and let us know if you have any questions or feedback 😃 

[Jon]

To answer a couple of your questions...

@thiagodsti Swedish to English translations are not yet supported, but should be available in the next couple releases. 

@brand0 yes it works on iPad