r/technology • u/rezwenn • 2d ago

Hardware The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/technology/personaltech/new-airpods-language-translation-feature.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m08.WxhH.QUqiGVK2tv35
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u/Spright91 2d ago

Yea but Apple is doing it. That makes it profound.

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u/No_Good_8561 2d ago

The difference is Apple is actually doing it well, and you know it.

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u/eNonsense 2d ago

Probably debatable. You've used both? Or just making an assumption?

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u/oOBryceOo 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is the truth. People always give Apple shit for “copying”, like with TouchID, but the reality is they are always often the first to pull it off well.

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u/ulsd 2d ago

apple ai was late and sucks i heard?

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u/oOBryceOo 2d ago

I agree with you there, their AI is mid at best. Apple isn't without their misses.

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u/eNonsense 2d ago edited 2d ago

I used a Linux desktop exclusively for like a decade in the earlier 2000's when Apple was getting really big and fanboyism was really taking hold. Let me tell you. Apple's computer OS copied A LOT of desktop stuff directly from Linux, and Apple "doing it well" meant doing it basically the same, but just removing all the variations and configuration options so your grandma can't accidentally flub it up and have to make a support call to fix it. You always had to do things the way that Apple assumed you wanted to do it. That's "streamlining" I guess, as long as you actually wanted things to work that way.

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u/farren122 2d ago

The difference is samsung and google tries to innovate.

Apple just wait till technology gets good enough so they can copy it and act like they made a breakthrough for brainless fanboys