T-Mobile Debuts AI-Backed Live Language Translation Beta, No App Needed
T-Mobile has launched a beta version of its Live Translation service, which supports over 80 languages. Users can activate the service during calls by dialing 87, and it works on any phone connected to T-Mobile's network. The service is currently free during the beta phase, with plans for broader availability later this year.
- ▪The Live Translation service translates conversations in real time without storing call content.
- ▪It is compatible with both smartphones and feature phones on T-Mobile's 5G network.
- ▪Users must sign up for the beta test, with access planned for selected users this spring.
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- ▪ T-Mobile’s call translation beta is live, and you don’t need a fancy phone — Android Authority
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UPDATE 5/21: T-Mobile has officially launched a Live Translation beta, with support for 80+ languages. Just dial 87 during a call, and whatever is said will be translated in your voice.During the beta, the service will be free. It taps into T-Mobile’s network infrastructure, so "it all works on virtually any phone that connects to our network, from the newest smartphone to a classic flip phone," says T-Mobile President of Technology and CTO John Saw. Original Story 2/11/26:An upcoming live-translation tool from T-Mobile will require no new software or even a phone that can do anything more than connect to that carrier’s 5G network. But it may demand a little more trust in the network and the humans behind it.
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