How to change the language of one app on a Google Pixel (Android 17)

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › System › Language and region › App languages

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open System

   Open Settings and tap System (Languages, gestures, time). Then tap Language and region.

   Done

2. 

   Tap App languages

   On Language and region, tap App languages, under More language settings: Choose the language for each app.

   Done

3. 

   Tap the app

   The page says Choose the language for each app. Ours listed Calculator, Calendar, Chrome, Clock, Drive and more, every one on System default. Tap the app; we tapped Chrome.

   Done

4. 

   Pick a language

   The App language page has Suggested at the top. For Chrome ours offered System default (ticked), Deutsch (Deutschland), English (Germany) and English (United States). All languages, below, lists the rest, and the magnifier at the top right searches. Tap one to use it.

   Done

5. 

   Or start from App info

   The same setting is on the app's App info page (Settings, Apps, the app). Chrome's had a Language row that said System default.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• App not in the list? Google says only apps whose developers opt in show up in App languages. Some apps only let you change the language inside the app. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• Path says Languages, not Language and region? Google's help gives Settings, System, Languages, App Languages, and says some steps only work on Android 14 and up. On our Android 17 Pixel the middle row was Language and region. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• On a Samsung Galaxy? There the path is different: Settings, General management, App languages. See our guide on how to change the language of one app on a Samsung Galaxy.

If this does not work

• App still in the old language? Google suggests restarting the app and checking that the phone is online, as the language may not update without a connection. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• Still not changed? Google says to add the language as a second phone language, wait a few minutes, then pick it for the app again. See how to change the system language on a Google Pixel. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• Your language is missing for an app? All languages only lists what the app supports. Google says to update the app for the latest list: how to update a Google Pixel and its apps. Source: Change app language on your Android phone

About this guide

You can keep the phone in one language and use a single app in another, for example Chrome in German.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005), in Dark mode. The phone was in English (Germany). We opened Chrome's language page and changed nothing.

Good to know

Google says apps left on System default use the first language in your phone's list that they support.

To change the language of the whole phone instead, see how to change the system language.

In short: Settings, System, Language and region, App languages, the app, a language.