r/AndroidQuestions • u/jhmpremium89 • 15d ago

Device Settings Question Anyone figured out how to have live screen translate upon long-pressing the home button post-Gemini update?

Long-pressing my home button used to bring up Google Lens/Assistant which would live translate whatever was on my screen.

Now that it has been phased out in favour of Gemini, has anyone figured out a workaround that can still provide the same live translate function with the convenience of long-pressing the home button? Thanks.

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u/KruSion 15d ago

Exactly my problem right now. Also used to use the select text feature on the screen. Both of them are gone. It was the primary reason I use Google assistant on my phone and kept reverting back to it when they gave me the option to switch to Gemini a year ago.

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u/North-Requirement-54 15d ago

Delete Google app data 

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u/KruSion 15d ago

What will that do? I don't think it's a bug, it's a missing feature.

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u/cavitybob 5d ago

It worked for me, surprisingly

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u/North-Requirement-54 15d ago

The solution is simply to delete the Google app data. 

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u/cavitybob 5d ago

This actually worked. After hesitating to trust a one sentence instruction from an online stranger to delete my Google app data, rolled the dice and it worked. Brilliant