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Do you need a phone to do the heavy lifting for audio translation or do the AirPods do it all? That seems hard to believe
 
Foam tips for Airpods have been available from third-party manufacturers for some time, so you don't need to buy Airpods Pro 3 to get them.
 
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I agree, but also think the live translation is pretty cool. A lot of the other features like ANC I feel like we only know its better because they told us it is, and is a lot because of the tips.

I had some old wired JBL's that had foam tips and the noise canceling on those was incredible.
Live translation is coming to APP2 as well via software update. That’s likely the reason it’s not listed in here.
 
I wonder if the foam tips will work on older APPs? I plan to upgrade but would be nice if they did.
 
I’m mostly curious about the translation feature—technically it should be all software—but I’m not sure whether the AirPods Pro 2 can take advantage of it. As for noise isolation, I suspect using AirPods Pro 3 ear tips could deliver pretty solid results. And of course, the AirPods Pro 3 has plenty of hardware upgrades—way more than just that.
 
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