News & Reviews:   language

In conjunction with Malaysia Day yesterday, Ryt Bank has rolled out Chinese language support in its mobile app, complementing its existing Bahasa Malaysia and English versions. This move underscores the bank’s mission of fostering unity and inclusivity in digital finance, ensuring more Malaysians can bank securely in their preferred language.

As reported before, Taobao Malaysia has finally added a new language to its platform with Bahasa Malaysia. Just in time to kick off its annual 618 Mid-Year Sale, the updated interface is part of Taobao’s broader effort to localise the shopping experience and break down language barriers.

Do you enjoy shopping online on Taobao? And what if your preferred language is in Bahasa Malaysia? Well, good news. Taobao Malaysia announced plans to further enhance the local shopping experience by launching a Malay-language interface tentatively in June.

Editor's note - On 11 April, we were updated by Google that Gemini Live supports Bahasa Indonesia, not Bahasa Malaysia, as we thought

For a few months, the Google Gemini App is free to download on most Android phones from the Google Play Store. To the uninitiated, it's an app that lets you chat with Gemini. Today, a source reported that Gemini Live can now understand Bahasa Malaysia.

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) has announced that it has appointed 3 social media influencers to help promote the use of proper language among the public. Dubbed as “language icons”, among the influencers include Dr. Malar Santhi Santherasegapan, a doctor serving in the Emergency Department at Columbia Asia Hospital in Cheras, Selangor, with a sizeable following on social media.

In case you missed it, Waze 'app-arently' went haywire last night when its language setting switched to Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and Spanish. It was only a matter of moments before the memes flooded Twitter X but the issue has already been fixed.

When it comes to language translator, how can we forget Google Translate? Besides helping us to translate foreign words, Google might also be preparing for a new service that helps us to learn new foreign languages, just like Duolingo or could be better?

Lazada Malaysia has officially announced that the Lazada app now comes with new Chinese-language interface support on both the iOS and Android, making it more accessible than ever before. If you’re interested in changing the interface language to Chinese, all you need to do is tap on the ‘Account’ button on the bottom right corner, select the ‘Gear’ icon, and select your preferred language.