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Apple Intelligence takes on language barriers in messages and phone calls.

Apple announced at WWDC 2025 that it’s debuting live translation Apple Intelligence features that allow you to translate between languages in Messages, FaceTime, and phone calls.

For a phone call, that’ll mean live translation aloud as you talk, and with FaceTime, it means live captions displayed on the screen. It’s all powered via Apple-built models that run on-device.

Simulated iPhone screenshots showing Live Translation for text messages, FaceTime chars, and voice calls.
Live Translation
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