In addition to new iPhone and Apple WatchApple also announced atrial last Tuesday: Airpods pro 3. They arrive three years after the last Airpods Pro and bring substantial news, such as a heart rate sensor or the live translation. This last function, however, is not mentioned among the characteristics of the device on the Apple website in Spain. The reason is simple: The Airpods Pro 3 arrive at the EU without live translation.
Apple warns on the support page Apple Intelligencewhich is the umbrella under which the company encompasses its artificial intelligence functions: ‘The live translation with Airpods is not available if you are in the EU and the country or region of your Apple account is also in the EU’.
The company does not explain the reason or stated about this issue. It is likely to have to do with the strict European regulation regarding artificial intelligence and data protection that He delayed the launch of Apple Intelligence in Europe and when he arrived, he did it incompletely.
It is a case similar to Google with its Pixel 10which also has a functionality of Voice translation into calls to which, however, no mention is made on the terminal product page in the company store in Spain.
Whatever the reason, users lose one of the most interesting functions of Apple’s new headphones. With Live Translation, two speakers of different languages with Airpods Pro 3 can express themselves in their own and what the interlocutor will listen are the words of the other translated into their language. The headphones They use noise cancellation to overlap the original voice translation and that the communication is clear. In the event that only one of them has Apple’s headphones, The iPhone will show on the screen the translation of what is being said to the other person.
This Apple decision affects not only the Airpods Pro 3, but Also to the Airpods Pro 2 and Airpods 4. These models share with pro 3 the H2 chip and the Active cancellationrequirements to execute the live translation, and plan to receive this functionality.
In addition to cardiac measurement and live translation, new Apple headphones improve the Cancellation of active noisethe sound quality With a redesign of acoustic architecture, They customize space audio According to the user’s head geometry -for which it is necessary to use the camera Thruedepth of the iPhone-, They equalize the sound according to the user’s ears and increase autonomy of the device to the 8 hourstwo more than in the previous generation.
The Airpods pro 3 They can already be reserved in Apple’s store by € 249 and will go on sale next September 19.
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