Camera translation
Hold the phone up to a sign or a menu; the text is detected and its translation is placed over the image. There is a live mode, and “Translate” freezes the frame and works on it.
Know where you are, even without the language.
VoyaGo finds the places worth visiting around you and translates foreign text with your camera, instantly. For Android, free.
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What it does
Places around you
Historic places, museums, restaurants, cafés, beaches, airports, consulates, hospitals and police stations. The search radius goes up to 50 km.
Voice translation
Two-way translation while you talk to someone. Turning speech into text is done by the phone's own speech recognition service. Requires an account.
Save and list
Save the places you like and keep them in a list split by category. Requires an account.
Directions
Walking and driving directions, live navigation and voice guidance.
Turkish and English
The interface comes in two languages. Translation languages are chosen separately.
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Your data
Camera
Images stay on the device. Reading and translating the text happens on the phone itself; the image you capture is never sent anywhere and never stored.
Voice
Handled by the phone's own service. What turns your speech into text is the device speech recognition service; on Android that service is provided by Google and the audio is sent to Google. We do not record, store or receive audio.
Location
Only used for searching. It is not used for anything beyond finding places around you, and records derived from location are kept for at most 24 hours.
Ads
No analytics. We do not use any tool that tracks user behaviour. The app is free, so it shows ads; the ads are served by Google AdMob, which processes your device's advertising ID for that purpose.
Account
Needed for most features. Without an account you can see the list of places and use camera translation; place details, saving, voice translation and most settings require one. The account, privacy and permissions, and about sections stay open without an account. You can delete your account from a single page.
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Requirements
Android 7.1 and above. The app asks for these permissions:
- Camera — to translate signs and menus.
- Microphone — for voice translation.
- Location — to find places around you and give directions.
- Notifications — to tell you about historic places you walk past.
Every permission can be declined; declining one only disables that feature, the rest of the app keeps working.
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Release notes
Release 1.1.2
The new Compass design, a bigger music library and better offline use.
- NewCompass design (Plus): a new exploration-themed look with antique parchment, a brass compass and leather. Settings > Personalization > Design.
- NewMusic library: Deezer, Apple Music, Epidemic Sound and royalty-free tracks in big tiles; your saved songs in one place.
- NewSongs shared in Whispers now show the logo of the source they came from.
- NewOffline maps can be downloaded by district and city.
- NewVoyAi: stop an answer any time; choose between the server and on-device AI.
- NewA What’s New window after updates (can be turned off with "Don’t show again").
- ImprovedVoyaSee uses two panes on tablets and unfolded foldables; images enlarge on tap.
- ImprovedMusic stops when you leave the screen playing it (Whispers, feed, music picker).
- ImprovedThe keyboard no longer covers text fields; the app is smaller and faster.
- FixedFixed offline startup and saved list issues.
Release 1.1.0
VoyaGo’s first public release: trip albums, shared plans, a story archive and multiple accounts.
- NewTrip albums: a finished trip’s stops, route and photos in one album, shareable by link if you like.
- NewShared trip plans: invite friends by username and plan together.
- NewStory archive: expired stories are kept in your archive and can be added to highlights.
- NewMultiple accounts: add up to five and switch from your profile with one tap.
- NewVoyAi on the map: ask about the places on screen and tap an answer to go there.
- ImprovedLumé and Ordo now use a gradient from the theme’s colours instead of a background photo; the app is lighter.
- ImprovedFaster, more accurate location: GPS steps in when needed.
- ImprovedThe Plus badge now shimmers now and then.
- ImprovedIcon buttons now carry labels for screen readers.
- FixedThe VoyAi panel on the map kept closing and reopening as your location updated.
- FixedSome notification types crashed the notifications screen.
- FixedLike and comment counts sometimes went up or down wrongly.
beta-0.2
A way to open an account without Google, the app opening up to 25 languages, and the legal texts moving inside the app.
- NewSign up and sign in with an email address and password, confirmed by a code.
- NewThe app speaks 25 languages. Place types and Wikipedia text arrive in your own language too.
- NewEvery agreement, notice and consent text sits on one screen in Settings.
- NewThe agreements are read and accepted on first launch; the optional ones start unticked.
- NewPermissions you have not granted appear as a card on your profile.
- ImprovedThe sign-in screen was rebuilt: the email and password fields are right there.
- ImprovedThree rewarded ads give 10 days of Plus; a new turn opens every 28 days.
- ImprovedLocation is asked for after the tour, not the moment the app opens.
- FixedPlace descriptions stayed in Turkish in some languages.
- FixedThe language row in Settings read English whatever the chosen language was.
- FixedOn the sign-in screen the keyboard covered the fields when it opened.
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Deleting your account
You can delete your account inside the app under Settings → Account → Delete account. The request is cancelled if you sign in again within seven days; after that your record is permanently deleted.