Apple Rolls Out Live Translation on AirPods

September 9th, 2025 at 3:04 PM EDT

Photo Credit: Two people experiencing live language translation while wearing the AirPods Pro 3. Apple

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This is an early iteration of live translation. It will certainly take awhile before the kinks are resolved and there is a wider rollout.

Apple said Tuesday its new AirPods Pro 3 will come with live language translation, powered by Apple Intelligence, for in-person communications.

"It doesn't just translate individual words," Kate Bergeron, Apple's VP of hardware engineering said during the company's annual September launch event. "The meaning of each phrase is translated for you when you need to talk – just speak naturally."

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