# Popover – AI Translate — Private text translation

> Private text translation (iPhone/iPad app by Boyi Xuan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/popover-ai-translate/id6787317449 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Boyi Xuan](https://appshunter.io/developer/6782523231)
- Category: Reference, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, European Portuguese and 6 more
- Released: 2026-09-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Popover?

Select text in a supported app, tap Translate, and Popover shows the translation. Apple Intelligence translates it on your device or with Private Cloud Compute.

Private Cloud Compute runs Apple’s larger model on Apple silicon servers. It can produce more natural translations of idioms, tone and long passages.

Choose an engine in Settings:
• Automatic (default) prefers Private Cloud Compute and switches to the on-device model when the cloud is unavailable, today’s quota is used up, or a request fails.
• Cloud Only needs a connection and remaining daily quota, and never switches.
• On-Device Only keeps text on your device and works offline once the model is ready.
You can also set how deeply the cloud model reasons.

On-device translations never leave your device. Apple designed Private Cloud Compute so your text is used only for your request, is never stored, and is never accessible to Apple or to us. Popover has no translation servers of its own, no account and no tracking.

• Translations appear as they are generated, and each result shows which engine was used.
• If the text is already in your target language, Popover translates it into your secondary language.
• Tap a language name above the translation to change the source or target language for that translation only.
• Where the app allows it, Replace swaps the selected text for its translation with one tap.
• Copy the result with one tap, or select any part of it.

Setup (once)
1. Open Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Default Apps ▸ Translation
2. Choose Popover

Languages
English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish, Vietnamese.
Available languages depend on what the on-device model supports on your device.

Requirements
Requires an iPhone or iPad with Apple Intelligence turned on, running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later. Private Cloud Compute also needs iOS 27 or iPadOS 27 or later, an internet connection and remaining daily quota.

## Is Popover safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Popover.

## Is Popover legit?

Popover – AI Translate has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Popover is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.1 — 2026-10-19

• Popover now fills the screen on iPhone Duo, whether it’s open or closed.
• When iPhone Duo is closed, Copy and Replace stack if they don’t fit side by side, and nothing is cut off at the largest text sizes.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-30

• Popover is now available in Portuguese (Portugal). On a device set to that language, translations into Portuguese are in European Portuguese.
• Wording in Chinese, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish now uses the same terms as iOS.
• In Spanish and Italian, a long setting name no longer pushes its value under the icon.
• Popover now turns on the extra security protections that iOS offers apps.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-29

• Tap a language name above the translation to change the source or target language for that translation only.
• With Cloud Only, if you're offline or today's quota is used up, tap Use On-Device Model to translate that text on your device. Your setting stays Cloud Only.
• When long text is translated in parts, Popover shows which part it's on. If Private Cloud Compute fails partway through and the on-device model starts over, a note says so.
• If today's Private Cloud Compute quota runs out, Popover tells you in your language, and the Status tab shows when the quota resets.
• Status shows when Popover last translated and how many translations it has finished. The count stays on your device.
• The on-device model now translates everyday idioms and sentences it used to decline.
• Translations from Private Cloud Compute keep the blank lines between paragraphs.
• Short Chinese phrases written the same in Simplified and Traditional, such as 你好, are now read as the Chinese in your language pair.
• The setup guide opens the Default Apps list in Settings.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-24

Clearer setup instructions, model status and error messages in all 16 interface languages. Updated explanations of offline use, engine switching and daily cloud quota.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-22

No release notes.

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