Live Translation will be available to beta testers \u2018this Spring.\u2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
By Jess Weatherbed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even an old flip phone should be able to use T-Mobile\u2019s Live Translation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n T-Mobile is preparing to test a new AI feature that translates live phone calls into more than 50 languages. Live Translation<\/a> is launching in beta \u201cthis Spring,\u201d according to a press release, with registration<\/a> for eligible T-Mobile customers available starting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome of the biggest barriers wireless customers face are the simplest ones \u2014 like being able to understand each other,\u201d said T-Mobile CEO Srini Gopalan. \u201cBy bringing real-time AI directly into our network, we\u2019re delivering more than connectivity \u2014 turning conversations into community, starting with Live Translation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enabling it at the network level means users don\u2019t need specific apps or devices to use the service. The only requirement is that translation must be initiated by a T-Mobile network user. The feature will be available on the carrier\u2019s 5G Advanced network, but T-Mobile President of Technology and CTO John Saw told The Verge<\/em> that Live Translation works over both 4G LTE and 5G:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe key requirement is a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) connection, which allows the service to operate reliably across a wide range of devices and network conditions,\u201d said Saw. \u201cThat flexibility is important because it ensures Live Translation works for customers wherever they are, not just when they\u2019re on the latest network technology. Live Translation works over VoLTE, VoNR, and VoWiFi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n T-Mobile says that beta participants can activate Live Translation \u201cfor as long as they need\u201d by dialing 87, at no additional cost during the beta period. T-Mobile has not mentioned if Live Translation will be paywalled when it launches to the general public this year. Beta participants will also be able to activate Live Translation by saying \u201cHey T-Mobile\u201d later this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s worth flagging that the feature only works during an active call, and that T-Mobile won\u2019t save call recordings or transcripts. \u201cThe service is designed to translate conversations in real time and then move on, without storing the content of those calls,\u201d Saw said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is kind of indicating that they’re going to be able to do live transcripts on calls at the network level. So the network equipment will support this, and I’d think this is coming to all carriers. You’re going to need E2EE for voice calls soon, with no agentic AI on your phone. The digital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15730,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15729\/revisions\/15730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Illustration](\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23962441\/acastro_STK067__02.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400\")