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stainablesteel
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AirPods live translation blocked for EU users with...
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but how would these airpods really be able to know you're in the EU? this should be easily hackable
qgin
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It's just for registrations that are associated with EU based iCloud accounts.
layer8
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Live translation requires a connected iPhone. Itβs the regional settings on the phone, plus the region of the Apple account.
riknos314
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The feature requires both the airpods and a connected iPhone to work. The phone has GPS.
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but how would these airpods really be able to know you're in the EU? this should be easily hackable