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Apple Plans AirPods Feature That Can Live-Translate Conversations (yahoo.com)

(Friday March 14, 2025 @12:40PM (msmash) from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.)


Apple is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to [1]live-translate an in-person conversation into another language, Bloomberg reports, citing people with knowledge of the matter. From the report:

> The capability will be offered as part of an AirPods software upgrade due later this year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the effort is private. It will be tied to iOS 19, the upcoming update to Apple's mobile-device operating system.



[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/apple-plans-ios-19-feature-that-lets-airpods-live-translate-conversations



More vaporware? (Score:1)

by Cognivore ( 301236 )

https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino

HOW YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A ROTTEN DAY:
#32: You call your answering service and they've never heard of you.