Make “Translate with Kagi” appear directly in Android text selection menu

Matou

Hi Kagi team,

I’m using Kagi Translate on Android and I really like the app, but I noticed one usability issue compared to other translators.
When selecting text on Android, some apps (like Translate You, DeepL, etc.) appear directly in the main context menu, while Kagi only appears behind the 3-dot menu.
This makes quick translations noticeably slower in daily use.

From what I understand, this depends on how the app declares the
android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT intent and its priority.
Would it be possible to improve Kagi’s intent handling so that “Translate with Kagi” shows up directly in the main selection menu?
This would greatly improve the user experience and make Kagi much faster to use as a daily translator.

Thanks for the great work, and keep it up!

Ratik

Hey, thanks! We're glad you're liking the app. Your suggestion makes sense and we'll add it in 🙂

Matou

Hello,
Thank you for your quick answer.
It's great to see this rolling out so fast !

SearchingAvocado

It does appear for me but when tapping "Translate with Kagi" on a selected text in Vivaldi, nothing happens 🙁

mrwm

SearchingAvocado

It doesn't show up for me on the play store verion: 1.0.14. Maybe you have a newer version?

Ratik

mrwm We've heard from users that restarting the phone sometimes makes the shortcut appear.