iOS 26: Use Live Translation With AirPods

In iOS 26, Live Translation enables hands-free connection by allowing users who don't stock the aforesaid connection 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. Keep speechmaking to larn however to usage it.


In iOS 26, Live Translation is integrated into Messages, FaceTime, and Phone to assistance users pass crossed languages, translating substance and audio connected the fly.

However, the diagnostic is astatine its astir awesome 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.

Apple's Live Translation was a header diagnostic erstwhile it announced AirPods Pro 3, but it besides works with older models moving iOS 26, including AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation and AirPods Pro 2.

What You'll Need

• AirPods 4 (ANC), AirPods Pro 2, oregon AirPods Pro 3.


• iPhone 15 Pro oregon later.


• iOS 26 oregon later.


• The Translate app downloaded.


• The latest AirPods firmware version.

Supported Languages

Live Translation 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.

Before you tin usage Live Translation, you'll request to download the connection the different idiosyncratic is speaking and the connection you'd similar to construe it to.

1. Put your AirPods successful your ears and marque definite they're connected to your iPhone.


2. Open Settings connected your iPhone, past pat the sanction of your AirPods.


3. Under "Translation," pat Languages, past prime the languages you privation to download.

Start a Live Translation Conversation

1. Wear your AirPods and link them to your iPhone.


2. Make definite Apple Intelligence is turned connected (Settings ➝ Apple Intelligence & Siri).


3. Open the Translate app, past pat Live.


4. Select the connection that the different idiosyncratic is speaking and the connection that you privation your AirPods to construe it to.


5. Tap Start Translation.

Once the different idiosyncratic speaks, your AirPods instantly construe their words into your chosen language. If you're successful a noisy place, you tin boost accuracy by letting your iPhone's microphones articulation successful – conscionable determination your iPhone person to the speaker.

When it's your turn, simply reply arsenic you usually would. The Translate app's Live tab tin show a transcript of your words connected your iPhone screen, oregon you tin pat the Play fastener to person your iPhone work the translation aloud.

If the idiosyncratic you're talking with besides has supported AirPods acceptable up with Live Translation, they'll beryllium capable to perceive your effect straight done their ain AirPods. To halt Live Translation astatine immoderate time, conscionable pat the X button.

Other Ways to Use Live Translation

To commencement Live Translation astatine immoderate time, unfastened the Translate app connected your iPhone, pat Live, and past pat Start Translation. You tin besides acceptable the Action fastener connected your iPhone to launch the Translate app, letting you leap consecutive into Live Translation portion wearing your AirPods.

There are respective different speedy ways to begin. You tin property and clasp the stems connected some AirPods astatine once, oregon inquire Siri by saying thing similar "Start Live Translation." You tin besides swipe down from the top-right country of your iPhone to unfastened Control Center and pat Translate. (To adhd Translate to Control Center, agelong property connected a abstraction betwixt the buttons, pat Add Control, past hunt for and prime Translate.)


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