Has anybody been able to find a fix for this yet? I need my phone in French language mode, but I need my Airbnb app in English mode.
Problems
- No app language settings (Android): Most apps on my Android can be set to a specified language on a per app basis (no matter the global language settings). They can be set either in the app language settings or in the Android Language settings under "App Languages". The Airbnb app does not have language settings in the app. It also doesn't show up in the settings under the "App Languages" list.
- Default language is controlled by the app (and thus system language of one's phone): One can set the preferred language on the website by going to Account>Global Preferences>Preferred Language. However as soon as the app is used, the language set on the website under Preferred Language reverts to the language of the phone. (Eg, my phone is in French, I set the Preferred Language on Airbnb's website to English, I use my phone, the preferred language on Airbnb's website reverts to French.)
- Email notification language is also controlled by language of the phone.
These should be fairly easy fixes from Airbnb's end: Add a language preference to the menu in the app and link this to the language preferences in global settings on the website; that way if one gets changed, the other will also be changed.
Unless I'm missing something or there's a workaround, this seems to still be an issue.