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AirPods Pro 3 Are Major Upgrade With These 8 New Features
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You do need an iPhone for live translation, since it does the translating.
Live translation is coming to APP2 as well via software update. That’s likely the reason it’s not listed in here.
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.
iPhone, Location, and Language are the more limiting factors: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/introducing-airpods-pro-3-the-ultimate-audio-experience/
As a european, my considerations are more towards "buying an incomplete product", which I've promised myself to never do (again). Don't have a good feeling about the "Live translation coming later...".
A tad bit dissapointed that we didn't take the step towards bluetooth 6.
So, here I am with APP G1, still considering an upgrade. Leaning more towards a yes since it's not that much money... but as way too often the expectations was too high.
A tad bit dissapointed that we didn't take the step towards bluetooth 6.
So, here I am with APP G1, still considering an upgrade. Leaning more towards a yes since it's not that much money... but as way too often the expectations was too high.
Same here, I’m slim, 50yr, occasionally when cold I Sometimes get tingly fingers & they can appear white, my feet too. My lips when younger used to go purple!! It’s down to circulation. Using touch screen devices becomes harder the colder it gets too, drives me nuts & have destroyed an iPhone 4 through it just being unresponsive to my cold finger touches!
This link may explain a bit. Doesn’t affect me during normal day to day life at all but wrap up & thin gloves when chilly.
Raynaud's phenomenon | NHS inform
Raynaud’s phenomenon is a common condition that affects the blood supply to certain parts of the body – usually the fingers and toes. Learn about the symptoms of this conditions and how it's treated.
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We are waiting on The Edge of our seats. But if I come up with a joke that paints the lead singer in a good light, my lawyers have agreed to give it away for free. Yes, it will be pro bono.
I’m really curious about how the translation feature will work. I can’t quite see myself wearing AirPods in another country and asking questions that way. But it would be amazing if, for example, I’m watching or listening to a podcast in another language and the software could translate it on the fly into my own language. A podcast, a documentary, a YouTube creator’s video… Do you think this will be possible, or does something like this already exist? I feel that in that case it would have huge potential.
I think if you’re using both an Apple Watch and AirPods, it should be possible to get a more accurate heart rate. With two sources of data, the device could provide a more precise reading, which would also improve the accuracy of calorie tracking. I don’t think the system would rely on just one or the other.
Yes my partner has raynaud’s. Thankfully I don’t. I just have cold extremities at times.Same here, I’m slim, 50yr, occasionally when cold I Sometimes get tingly fingers & they can appear white, my feet too. My lips when younger used to go purple!! It’s down to circulation. Using touch screen devices becomes harder the colder it gets too, drives me nuts & have destroyed an iPhone 4 through it just being unresponsive to my cold finger touches!
This link may explain a bit. Doesn’t affect me during normal day to day life at all but wrap up & thin gloves when chilly.
Raynaud's phenomenon | NHS inform
Raynaud’s phenomenon is a common condition that affects the blood supply to certain parts of the body – usually the fingers and toes. Learn about the symptoms of this conditions and how it's treated.
Didn't age well but might've been a fair assumption if Gurman had learned that the APP3 would be sticking with the H2 chip.