Apple Support
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Use Live Translation with your AirPods - Apple Support
Select the language that the other person is speaking and the language that you want your AirPods to translate it to. There are a number of ways you can start Live Translation: Go to Apple's Translate app on your iPhone, tap Live, then tap Start Translation.
Apple Support
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Translate in-person conversations with AirPods - Apple Support
When someone nearby speaks to you in a different language, you can use Live Translation* with AirPods—enabled by Apple Intelligence**—to hear what they’re saying translated into your preferred language.
Videos
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MacRumors
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iOS 26: Use Live Translation With AirPods - MacRumors
Wear your AirPods and connect them to your iPhone. Make sure Apple Intelligence is turned on (Settings ➝ Apple Intelligence & Siri). Open the Translate app, then tap Live.
Macworld
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I used AirPods Live Translation for a real conversation, and all I have to say is 'Wow' | Macworld
19 hours ago - Open the Settings app on your connected iPhone and open the AirPods menu. Scroll down to the Translation (Beta) section and tap on Languages. At the top, you’ll see any you’ve already downloaded, while those that are available will be listed ...
App Store
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AirTranslator AirPod Translate - App Store - Apple
AirTranslator works even *without* headphones and enables instant, quick translations on the go! Want to grab a Coffee-to-Go while traveling? You may need a Translation-to-Go for that!
ZDNET
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How to use Live Translation on your AirPods - not just the newest ones | ZDNET
September 22, 2025 - And that's what Apple now offers through its Live Translation feature. Introduced with iOS 26, the new Live Translation can translate another person's words into your own language and pipe them through your AirPods.
Engadget
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How to use Live Translation with AirPods
September 24, 2025 - Use the Live tab in the Translate app to show a transcript on your iPhone to the person you’re speaking with. You can also press the Play button to hear an audible translation over your iPhone speaker.
Tom's Guide
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How to use Live Translation on AirPods Pro 3 | Tom's Guide
September 18, 2025 - To get started, you'll want to head into the Apple Translate app and navigate to the "live" panel in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. From there, you can start a translation and see what's being said on screen.
9to5Mac
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iOS 26.2 expands AirPods Pro’s powerful new feature, here’s how to use it - 9to5Mac
3 days ago - Once your preferred languages are downloaded, you’re all set up to use AirPods Live Translation. You can start a Live Translation session in several different ways: inside Apple’s Translate app under the ‘Live’ tab
9to5Mac
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The new AirPods Live Translation feature also works with AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 - 9to5Mac
October 1, 2025 - If you have new enough AirPods and an up-to-date iPhone, you can activate Live Translation by pressing on the stems of both AirPods at the same time. You can also access the feature through a new ‘Live’ tab that appears in the Translate ...
Apple Support
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Use Live Translation on iPhone - Apple Support
November 14, 2025 - Live Translation runs entirely on device when you use it in Messages, Phone app, FaceTime, and with AirPods, which ensures that your conversations stay private.
CNET
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My In-Laws Helped Me Put Apple's Live Translation to the Ultimate Test - CNET
September 26, 2025 - Live language translation, in which Siri feeds a delayed translation of what's being said into your earbuds, works on the new AirPods Pro 3 along with last year's AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4. You also need to have them paired to an iPhone running ...
Reddit
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r/ios on Reddit: How to use the live translate feature with Air Pod Pro 2's
September 16, 2025 -
I have the iphone 16 pro max, and the air pod pro 2's. I have updated everything to ios26, and verified that my airpods have the latest firmware version. However, I have ben unable to figure out how to use this new live translate function with the air pods. Has anyone been able to get it to work, and willing to share? TIA
Edit - SOLVED! The issue was with my Air Pod Pro 2's. I had to reset them tin order for them to update to the newest firmware properly. Once they did, the Live Translation setup popped up immediately and I was able to start downloading the translation languages.
edit 2 - Yes, you do need Apple Intelligence enabled. If your phone does not support Apple Intelligence, this feature wont be present or functional at all. Another thing we have found is that you must have the Apple Translate app downloaded, and then download the individual languages to your phone in order for the Live Translate to work.
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But does it work? I hold both earbuds, it makes the noise and then says 'To use Live Translations you'll need to download languages to this iPhone' and takes me to the language download page, where English, French and Portuguese are indeed already downloaded. it doesn't want to see them, or accept they're downloaded.
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Does your phone have Apple Intelligence? That's required, as per the small print.
Apple
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Live Translation on AirPods expands to the EU - Apple (IE)
1 day ago - Live Translation on AirPods is available in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional Mandarin), Japanese, and Korean when using AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 2, or AirPods 4 with ANC paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running the latest software.