Microsoft updates Bing Translator for Windows Phone with lamp mode and more

Bing Translator is the official Windows Phone app from Microsoft, which enables you to connect to and utilise the online translation service. Originally released for Windows Phone 7, the app has been continuously bumped to new versions and now we're looking at version 2.7. This is a sizeable update, so let's see what's new after the break.

If you're an avid user of Bing Translator for Windows Phone, here's what you'll have once updated:

  • Camera translation for Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish
  • Offline translation for Dutch, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish
  • Lamp in camera mode
  • Remove history items one by one

Microsoft Bing Translator App

The camera translation will be welcomed by those who are at locations that use those languages, while offline translation is perfect should you not currently have data connectivity. The lamp in camera mode is essentially an option to toggle the device LED lights for low-light translation. Finally, history items can now be removed one by one.

Oh, and did we mention you can also translate Klingon? You can download Bing Translator from the Windows Phone Store.

Rich Edmonds
Senior Editor, PC Build

Rich Edmonds was formerly a Senior Editor of PC hardware at Windows Central, covering everything related to PC components and NAS. He's been involved in technology for more than a decade and knows a thing or two about the magic inside a PC chassis. You can follow him on Twitter at @RichEdmonds.