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The EU said that everything that Apple creates for its own devices has to have APIs for third parties. The translation feature only works for AirPods.
by JustExAWS 1y ago
The EU said that everything that Apple creates for its own devices has to have APIs for third parties. The translation feature only works for AirPods.
- hn8726 1y agoOk so it's not "airpods live translation" really, but "ios live translation" and there's no technical reason to limit it to airpods?
- JustExAWS 1y agoThe audio input comes from the AirPods not the iPhone. It’s processed on the iPhone. The audio is captured by the outward facing microphones used for active noise cancellations. That’s why it only works for AirPods Pro 2, 3 and AirPods 4 with ANC. That wouldn’t just work with any headphones. Even the AirPods Pro 2 will need a firmware update. They won’t work with just any old headphones and seeing that even the AirPods Pro 2 need a firmware update tells me that it is something they are doing with their H2 chip in their headphones in concert with the iPhone.
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoI mean, technically, any competitors with noise cancelling headphones able to pick up a voice stream would be able to use the same processing on the iPhone to offer an equivalent feature. That it only works with AirPods is just Apple discriminating in favour of their own product which is exactly what the EU was going after.
- JustExAWS 1y agoSure if they also want to train a model that supports their sound profile, build an app that captures the audio, etc. But their $60 ANC headphones with cheap audio processing hardware in the headphones aren’t going to be sufficient. They may even be able to use the exposed models on the phone.
- StopDisinfo910 1y ago> But their $60 ANC headphones with cheap audio processing hardware in the headphones aren’t going to be sufficient. The equivalent feature on Android tells me it would. I mean it already does technically. Are we supposed to treat Apple being late to the party as usual as some kind of exceptional thing only them could do?
- JustExAWS 1y agoAccording to the specs - it only works with Google’s own headphones https://support.google.com/googlepixelbuds/answer/7573100?hl=en&authuser=1 https://support.google.com/googlepixelbuds/answer/7573100?hl... Which are the same price as Apple’s AirPods with ANC. So Google also didn’t try to support the feature with generic earbuds.
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoThe contrary is literally written in a large yellow box on the page you linked: “Note: Google Translate works with all Assistant-optimized headphones and Android phones.” But I mean, you are free to buy overpriced Apple headphones which sounds worse than Sony, only properly works paired with an Apple phone or laptop and whose killer feature was available on their competitors buds years ago if that rocks your boat.
- JustExAWS 1y agoYou didn’t look at the prices of other “Google assistant” compatible headphones did you? And those Sony ones aren’t cheap. The first review I found comparing them.. https://wasteofserver.com/sony-wf-1000xm4-vs-apple/ https://wasteofserver.com/sony-wf-1000xm4-vs-apple/ Why would I want to by a none Apple laptop with horrible battery life, loud, and that produces enough heat to ensure that I don’t have offspring if I actually put it on my lap?
- ioasuncvinvaer 1y ago
- praseodym 1y agoOr other services, such as translation using Google Translate.
- whazor 1y agoAlso the feature doesn't work on Android, so it is not an 'AirPods' feature but a 'iOS'+'AirPods' feature.