Apple’s popular headphones are preparing to get a significant update of functionality. According to new reports, Apple plans to bring AirPods a live translation feature. It is stated that the feature that will allow users to translate face -to -face conversations in real time will be “connected to iOS 19, which will soon be released.

On the other hand, Apple is a little behind its competitors in this area. In 2017, Google added live translation support to the first Pixel Buds model and further developed this feature with Pixel Buds Pro in 2022. Although companies such as Meta and Humane have made similar experiments, the results were not very satisfactory.

Live translation step for AirPods

According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple’s live translation feature will work as follows: For example, when a person speaks Spanish, Airpods user will hear the translation through his headset. When the English -speaking person responds, the iPhone will translate this response from the speaker by turning it into Spanish. The process here will be based on the translation application on iOS 19.

Apple has not received an official statement on the subject. However, considering that the company has recently postponed its artificial intelligence -supported Siri updates and plans a major design change for iOS, iPados and MacOS, this may be one of the important innovations in the Apple ecosystem. How the live translation feature will be reflected in the user experience and how Google will perform compared to the Pixel Buds translation system.