AirPods Pro 2 are three years old, but rumors indicate they’re not going anywhere just yet. In fact, in the absence of AirPods Pro 3, leaks indicate Apple could debut another big software upgrade for AirPods Pro 2 at its iPhone 17 event. Here’s what’s coming.
Live Translation coming to AirPods soon, per iOS 26 leak
Last week, my colleague Marcus Mendes found an image in the iOS 26 beta that revealed a new AirPods feature coming soon: Live Translation.
This capability had long been anticipated to arrive based on Mark Gurman’s reporting.
But Apple said nothing of the feature at WWDC, despite having a major lineup of other Live Translation features in iOS 26.
Now, it seems Apple plans to debut AirPods Live Translation at its iPhone 17 event—which is coming very soon.
And in doing so, Apple will get to launch a surprise AirPods Pro 2 feature for a second year in a row.
AirPods Pro 2 getting another big iPhone event upgrade
Up until recently, rumors indicated Apple would launch AirPods Pro 3 this fall.
Now, that seems increasingly unlikely.
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