One of many headlining options of Appleβs new AirPods Professional 3 was the power to translate incoming audio in actual time, nevertheless it appears the characteristic gainedβt work within the European Union at launch.
On its official web page detailing the options accessible on iOS 26, the corporate mentioned EU residents or these with EU Apple IDs gainedβt have the ability to use stay translation, which is powered by Apple Intelligence and also will be coming to AirPods 4 and AirPods Professional 2.
That is seemingly because of the EUβs stringent guidelines round person information safety, outlined in legal guidelines such because the GDPR and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), in addition to the EU AI Act, which is at present being rolled out.
Apple needed to delay the discharge of some AI options within the EU as a consequence of these rules final yr, with customers within the EU gaining access to some options solely in March 2025.
