Live Translation Coming to AirPods

An in-person Live Translation diagnostic could soon beryllium disposable connected the AirPods, according to imagery recovered successful iOS 26 beta 6.


There's a representation of the AirPods with Hello successful respective antithetic languages, on with a proposition that the diagnostic volition beryllium activated with a treble press. The record itself is named "Translate," which surely seems to connote that determination volition beryllium a motion to activate a Live Translation option.

9to5Mac reported connected the representation first, but we tin corroborate that it is tucked distant successful the files for the Translate app successful the latest beta.

Prior to the motorboat of ‌iOS 26‌, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that the AirPods would get a construe feature for translating in-person conversations, and it looks similar Apple is moving connected introducing it soon. Live Translation for AirPods could travel either successful the motorboat mentation of ‌iOS 26‌, oregon successful an update to ‌iOS 26‌.

‌iOS 26‌ already offers Live Translation for the Phone app, Messages app, and FaceTime, truthful an in-person enactment done the AirPods makes sense.

Based connected the images, the diagnostic volition enactment connected the AirPods Pro 2 and the AirPods 4. Existing Live Translation features are linked to Apple Intelligence, which means the AirPods diagnostic could besides necessitate an iPhone that supports ‌Apple Intelligence‌.
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