The future is now, it seems, and Apple is right in the thick of it. Cupertino is reportedly working on a new feature for AirPods that would allow people to translate conversations live and in person.

A new report from Bloomberg suggests Apple AirPods are about to get a big, game-changing new feature: real-time language translation. According to anonymous sources familiar with the project, Apple plans to roll out a live-translation feature later this year alongside iOS 19,

AirPods could get real-time translation with iOS 19 update, according to a report. Here are all the details on this.

Granted, this new AirPod ability will still heavily rely on the Translate app; thus, you’ll still have to have your iPhone in hand. In this way, it’s more of an extension of your iPhone’s live-translation feature rather than a new AirPod feature … but it’s still cool nonetheless.

There’s no mention in the report of whether the new feature will be limited to AirPods Pro models, for instance, or will also arrive for the recently updated entry-level earbuds

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is working on live translation for users wearing AirPods. That way, you can have a conversation with someone speaking another language, hearing the translation directly in your ear.

Apple is planning a new AirPods feature that would allow the device to live-translate conversations with people into another language, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

If you both have a pair of Apple AirPods linked to iPhones, you could tap into a new feature set to arrive later this year that makes talking back and forth seamless: live translation. According to a Bloomberg report from earlier this week,