Naver Papago - AI Translator

Name: Naver Papago - AI Translator
Author: NAVER Corp.

1.13.1

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Smart AI Translator, dreaming of a world communicating without language barriers

Naver Papago - AI Translator: text, photos, voice, offline

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Text translation of phrases and single words in real time
Photo translation that reads text in a picture you take
Voice translation shown as text and played back as audio
Conversation mode where each speaker hears their own language
Offline translation for use without a connection
Document translation that keeps the original formatting

What Naver Papago does and who it suits

Naver Papago is a translation app from NAVER Corp. It covers 14 languages, including Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese in simplified and traditional forms, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Russian, German, Italian and Arabic. The name comes from Esperanto, where it means parrot.

Most features work from a phone camera, microphone, keyboard or clipboard, so the app is built around getting a sign, a sentence or a page translated on the spot. The listing points to travel, business trips and language study as the main uses. A dark mode is included for low light.

Speaking with someone in another language

Voice translation takes spoken words through the microphone and shows the result as text, with audio playback. Conversation translation is for two people talking face to face, with each person speaking in their own language and the app translating between them.

Both modes use the microphone, so they depend on the app having access to it. They are listed as working in real time.

Translating photos, copied text and web pages

Image translation reads text in a photo you take and translates it after you press the button. The listing describes it as automatic recognition, so it works on signs, menus and printed text.

Papago Mini watches for text you copy in any other app and translates it in a box on the screen. Website translation works from a URL: paste the address of a foreign site and the app translates its content.

Typing, handwriting, documents and word meanings

Text translation handles phrases and single words as you type them. Handwriting translation lets you write a word with your finger, and the app finds the matching word and its translation.

Document translation takes an uploaded file and returns a translation that keeps the original formatting. The dictionary lists meanings beyond the first translation result, which helps with words that have several senses.

Studying passages and translating offline

Edu takes a photo of a passage you want to study and saves it as a My Note, which you can use to review the passage and its words. This is the app's study feature, separate from its travel-style tools.

Offline translation is listed as working without a connection. The listing does not describe the offline feature beyond that, so its scope is not stated here.

What's new

Oct 22, 2026

- App stability improvements

About this APK

The build we hold is Naver Papago - AI Translator 1.13.1 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.

Version: 1.13.1; 11301090
Requires Android: 10+
Target Android: 16

Package ID: com.naver.labs.translator
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 27 declared · 7 sensitive; Approximate location
Camera
Draw over other apps
Microphone
Modify files on your device
Precise location
Read files on your device
Signed by: CN=sungho park, O=nhn
Certificate SHA-256: 0b8b8523bb4aeffa346e4bdd4fbf7d193450569aa14aaad4adfd94a3f7b227bb