Apple's Rumored Live Translation Feature For Airpods Could Be Coming With Ios 26

Apple's AirPods could beryllium getting a unrecorded translator characteristic successful nan adjacent early arsenic portion of iOS 26, according to a study by 9to5Mac. A caller beta type of nan operating strategy dropped coming and users person spotted a strategy plus that powerfully points to nan earbuds getting a connection translator tool.

The plus appears to picture a motion that's triggered by pressing some earbud stems astatine once. The image shows a brace of AirPods surrounded by words successful various languages, for illustration English, French, German and Portuguese.

This tracks for a mates of reasons. Apple announced a Live Translation instrumentality astatine WWDC25, but AirPods weren't mentioned arsenic a imaginable usage lawsuit scenario. This feels for illustration a earthy hold for nan characteristic that we already cognize is coming to FaceTime, Messages and telephone calls. However, nan AirPods package will beryllium utilized for unrecorded in-person conversations.

Also, this isn't nan first clip we've heard rumblings that nan software would beryllium coming to Apple's statement of earbuds. Bloomberg announced it was apt coming backmost successful March, which was good earlier WWDC. Wearables are nan cleanable spot for immoderate benignant of unrecorded translator package and we've already seen it popular up successful worldly for illustration nan Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses.

There are still immoderate unknowns. We don't cognize if nan characteristic will tally wholly connected nan existent earbuds aliases if it'll require an iPhone. The second is likely, fixed that it seems tied to iOS 26. We besides don't cognize which iPhones will support nan software, though it'll apt beryllium connected models that connection Apple Intelligence. Apple iOS 26 is owed adjacent month, truthful we don't person that agelong to wait.