iOS 18.4, which enhanced support by adding eight additional languages alongside localized English for Singapore and India.
Now, with the initial beta of iOS 26.1, the company is incorporating the previously absent languages, slated to launch by the end of this year, including the much-awaited support for Chinese (Traditional). Furthermore, Apple is also focused on extending AirPods Live Translation capability to all existing Apple Intelligence languages.
Although Live Translation debuted with iOS 26 for users of AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, and AirPods 4, the company indicated that several languages would be introduced in a subsequent update. In the iOS 26.1 beta 1, MacRumors found that the company is already integrating Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Chinese, encompassing both Traditional and Simplified, as part of the languages eligible for real-time translation.
