When I was younger and in my world-exploration days, my biggest fear was that I wouldn’t be able to get help from someone in a foreign country if I was in trouble. Whether that situation would arise because I needed an ambulance or because I was simply lost and couldn’t find my way back to my hotel, that fear prevented me from traveling to new places. But that fear could soon be allayed by the new AirPods Pro 3 and its live translation feature.

Apple isn’t the first company to offer such a service — in fact, the original Google Pixel Buds came out with semi-live translation back in 2017 — but Apple appears to have all the kinks worked out for real, live one-to-one conversations. The kind I feared I’d need in an emergency situation when traveling abroad.

AirPods Pro 3 live translation: ho

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