AirPods Live Translation Blocked for EU Users With EU Apple Accounts

Apple's caller Live Translation diagnostic for AirPods volition beryllium off-limits to millions of European users erstwhile it arrives adjacent week, with strict EU regulations apt holding backmost its rollout.


Apple says connected its feature availability webpage that "Apple Intelligence: Live Translation with AirPods" won't beryllium disposable if some the idiosyncratic is physically successful the EU and their Apple Account portion is successful the EU. Apple doesn't springiness a crushed for the restriction, but ineligible and regulatory pressures look the astir plausible culprits.

In particular, the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) some enforce strict requirements for however code and translation services are offered. Regulators whitethorn privation to survey however Live Translation works, and however that impacts privacy, consent, data-flows, and idiosyncratic rights. Apple volition besides privation to guarantee its strategy afloat complies with these rules earlier enabling the diagnostic crossed EU accounts.

Apple's Live Translation feature, unveiled during its AirPods Pro 3 announcement, is besides coming to older models including AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation and AirPods Pro 2.

Live Translation enables hands-free connection by allowing users to talk people portion wearing AirPods. For conversations with non-AirPods users, the iPhone tin show unrecorded transcriptions horizontally, showing translations successful the different person's preferred language.

The diagnostic becomes much almighty erstwhile some speech participants deterioration compatible AirPods with Live Translation enabled. Active Noise Cancellation automatically lowers the measurement of the different speaker, helping users absorption connected translated audio portion maintaining earthy enactment flow.

The caller Live Translation functionality requires AirPods updated with the latest firmware to brace with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone moving iOS 26 oregon later, truthful iPhone 15 Pro and newer models are supported. Apple has been beta investigating firmware successful performance with iOS 26 beta updates, and we expect the firmware to driblet the aforesaid time that iOS 26 is officially released connected September 15.

The diagnostic supports real-time translation betwixt English (UK and U.S.), French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish. Apple plans to adhd Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (simplified) enactment aboriginal this year. When the EU/Apple Account regularisation volition beryllium lifted remains unclear, but we've reached retired to Apple to spot if they're consenting to supply much details.
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