Thanks for your question Daniel, we're currently looking into it!
On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 12:51 AM Daniel Bratell <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really related to the web APIs, but since Chrome/Chromium has a > pre-LLM language detector (cld3?), I get curious about how TFLite and that > one compare? Could we drop one or the other in favour of the best one? If > not now, maybe in a reasonable future timeline? > > /Daniel > On 2026-08-21 02:38, 'Jaewon Lee' via blink-dev wrote: > > Hi blink-dev, > We are posting a quick update regarding the previously sent Intent to > Prototype for the LanguageDetector and Translator APIs on Android. > > We have split LanguageDetector and Translator into separate ChromeStatus > entries to decouple their execution paths: > > - *LanguageDetector API on Android:* Now tracked independently at > https://chromestatus.com/feature/5087964794322944?gate=5112297327558656 > and progressing using Chrome's existing renderer-side TFLite model. > - *Translator API on Android:* Will continue to be tracked under the > existing entry at https://chromestatus.com/feature/5106126157905920. > > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 2:17:23 PM UTC-7 Jaewon Lee wrote: > >> Contact emails >> >> [email protected] >> >> Explainer >> >> https://github.com/webmachinelearning/translation-api >> >> Specification >> >> https://webmachinelearning.github.io/translation-api >> >> Summary >> >> Exposes the LanguageDetector and Translator JavaScript Web APIs on Chrome >> for Android (Clank). This allows web applications to detect text languages >> and perform text translation locally on mobile devices using fast, >> privacy-preserving, and offline-capable on-device machine learning models >> without relying on cloud endpoints or increasing site download size. >> >> Blink component >> >> https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=componentid:1583316 >> >> Web Feature ID >> >> Translator <https://webstatus.dev/features/translator> >> >> Languagedetector <https://webstatus.dev/features/languagedetector> >> >> Motivation >> >> Exposing the Language Detector API and Translator API on Chrome for >> Android allows web applications to perform fast, privacy-preserving, and >> offline-capable text processing directly within mobile browsers. Language >> detection and translation are complementary capabilities in real-world web >> applications—such as chat apps, comment streams, and social feeds—where >> developers must first identify an unknown input language before translating >> it. Routing these APIs to platform-native machine learning engines >> eliminates reliance on cloud translation endpoints or heavy third-party >> scripts, enabling seamless on-device AI capabilities while establishing >> feature parity across desktop and mobile web platforms. >> >> Initial public proposal >> >> Translator I2S: >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/eCE8jIW2auo >> >> Language Detector I2S: >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/sWcHBe9wpbo >> >> Goals for experimentation >> >> Demonstrate implementability of these APIs using Android's ML Kit >> framework >> >> Requires code in //chrome? >> >> True >> >> Requires browser-layer code in //chrome/browser/on_device_translation and >> Java/JNI glue in //chrome/android to interface with Android ML Kit system >> services and manage Play Feature Delivery dynamic module downloads. >> >> Tracking bug >> >> https://crbug.com/428227642 >> >> Estimated milestones >> >> No milestones specified >> >> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status >> >> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5106126157905920?gate=5168017576165376 >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/3c0bf4e9-d58d-4fc4-b98f-92935691c1f0n%40chromium.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/3c0bf4e9-d58d-4fc4-b98f-92935691c1f0n%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CANA9qL%2Brio-c3z56fKKgwXL3q972d50%3Dw1bBLpLc8EMrCmcOEg%40mail.gmail.com.
