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Tom Bedford

I used a live translation feature like AirPods Pro 3's for earbuds, and I'm not convinced it's what we need

Screenshot from Apple's September 2025 event.

One of the biggest features of the newly-unveiled AirPods Pro 3, (an addition totally unexpected, judging by the reaction in Team TechRadar when Apple showed it off at the 2025 Apple Event,) was a new live translation coming to the the buds – and to some older AirPods too.

This feature, if Apple's presentation is to be believed, will let you waltz into a foreign night market and converse fluently with locals; your AirPods will hear what people say to you and automatically translate it, and when you talk they'll send a translation to your iPhone that you can show to someone (as in the picture above).

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