Playto now lives in your tray (v2026.710.1146)

Playto now lives in your tray

Playto used to be an app you opened when it was time to study. From this update, it stays quietly by your side — for a quick translation between matches, and for the daily review that keeps words from fading.

New: Quick Translate

Press or on the Home screen and drag over what you want to read — translation starts right there. No pack to pick, nothing to configure, and it works on any app's screen.

• Fixed area — pins the dragged rectangle in place and keeps translating it. Good for subtitles and message windows.
• Cursor — a box of the dragged size follows your mouse. Good for tooltips and menus.

It isn't limited to game windows, either. Anything on your screen can be translated where it is — browser games, wiki pages, launchers.

Quick Translate sessions are throwaway by design: they don't appear in your Journal, but saved words (with their review schedule) and the translation log stay. Grab the words that catch your eye, let the rest go.

Quick Translate vs. Learning Session

• Quick Translate — translate on the spot; only saved words and the log remain. For quick reads and casual play.
• Learning Session — learn while it's recorded to a Pack: history, album and review build up over time.

How the tray works

Closing the window no longer quits Playto — it keeps running in the system tray. From the tray icon you can show the window, start or stop translation, or quit. Enable launch-at-startup in Settings and Playto is there without opening it by hand.

While it's there, your daily review finds you

With review reminders enabled, Playto notifies you when saved words are due — no need to remember to open the app. Words you met in games, reviewed before they fade.

Improvements

• Multi-monitor — fixed capture and overlay placement on secondary monitors (including monitors above or left of the primary).
• Overlay font size — now a percentage slider, applied immediately while translations are on screen.

A tip for best results

While text is still animating in, or when a dense multi-line subtitle is on screen, recognition can briefly flicker before it settles. Set the capture region so its edges rest on blank margin instead of cutting through text — either box the whole text with a little room above and below, or capture just the dialogue and keep the name plate and UI outside.