Live Translation was one of the headline features of the AirPods Pro 3 launch. Start it up and translate a conversation in another language, straight out of your AirPods. Excitingly, it's come to older models of the best AirPods, like the AirPods Pro 2 and the AirPods 4.

Not that it works straight out of the box, however. There are a couple of loopholes you've got to leap through before you can hold down both stems and have a chat with someone in Spanish. It's all down to your iPhone software, and whether it's up to date.

Make sure your iPhone is up to date

If you've had any trouble getting Live Translation to work with any AirPods, it's likely because you haven't updated your phone's software, or your iPhone doesn't support Apple Intelligence.

Users who've just picked up a brand new i

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