{"id":26286,"date":"2025-08-13T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=26286"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:09:00","slug":"apple-brings-live-translation-to-airpods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/apple-brings-live-translation-to-airpods\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Brings \u201cLive Translation\u201d to AirPods: Now You Can Speak Any Language Anytime!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the stable version of <strong>iOS 26<\/strong> coming next month, Apple is introducing a new <strong>\u201cLive Translation\u201d<\/strong> feature for supported <strong>AirPods<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple had previously announced the <strong>\u201cLive Translation\u201d<\/strong> feature for FaceTime, phone calls, and messages back in June. It seems Apple has also been secretly developing this feature to work with <strong>AirPods<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>iOS 26 Beta 6<\/strong> version, a new gesture was discovered that is triggered by pressing both stems of the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/best-selling-wireless-earbuds-of-q1-2025\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23070\">AirPods<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at the same time. This action is said to be associated with the <strong>\u201cTranslate\u201d<\/strong> application. For now, this feature only works on the <strong>AirPods Pro (2nd generation)<\/strong> and <strong>AirPods (4th generation)<\/strong> models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Translation Process Will Happen on iPhones and Reach Your Ear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-390x220.jpeg 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-150x84.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd157e92e0fb45169f9c84df0a55e2bf3746cfbc-scaled.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple did not announce this feature at <strong>WWDC25<\/strong>, but Bloomberg had reported earlier in the year that such a development was in the works. This will be a natural integration of the existing Live Translation and represents a <strong>significant development in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wearable-technology\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"149\">wearable<\/a><\/em> technology industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not yet clear which <strong>iPhone<\/strong> models will be supported, as the translation will not run entirely on the AirPods themselves. It will most likely have the same hardware requirements as Apple&#8217;s other Live Translation features. For now, some new rumors suggest that this feature might be exclusive to the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/iphone-16-unveiled-release-date-ai-compatible-chip\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"19825\">iPhone<\/a><\/em> 17<\/strong> series. What do you think about this new feature? You can share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the stable version of iOS 26 coming next month, Apple is introducing a new \u201cLive Translation\u201d feature for supported AirPods. Apple had previously announced the \u201cLive Translation\u201d feature for FaceTime, phone calls, and messages back in June. It seems Apple has also been secretly developing this feature to work with AirPods. In the iOS &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[72,341],"class_list":["post-26286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-futurescience","tag-apple-news-and-content","tag-wearable-technology"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}