Your video. Your subtitles.
Translate available audio from videos, live streams, and meetings. Floating Picture in Picture captions stay visible when you switch apps.
Translate video audio
Live translated captions.
Stay in the moment.
Live bilingual captions for videos and conversations.
From the screen.
From the world around you.
Be part of the conversation.
Read nearby speech as original text and a translation. Stop to save a session locally, then search your history or export text and PDF.
Explore microphone translation
A little more room to read.
Open fullscreen captions in portrait or landscape. Keep both languages together, or show just the translation or original text.
Pick your languages.
Press play.
Choose & prepare
Choose the spoken and translation languages. Download the required Apple-managed models before your first session.
Start your captions
For another app’s audio, start Picture in Picture and confirm the iOS system broadcast. For nearby speech, open Microphone.
Listen in your language
Play audible speech or start a conversation. Read the original and translation as captions update.
Your words.
Your device.
Speech recognition and translation happen on your device. The app does not upload your audio, transcripts, or translated captions to our servers.
Read the privacy policyAudio isn’t saved
Microphone sessions save text history locally, without saving an audio recording. You choose what to export.
20 translation languages
Translate into supported languages including English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, and Chinese.
Prepare once, then listen
Language models may need an initial download. Availability depends on Apple’s language support and your device.
A few answers
before you start.
Visit support Which devices are supported?
Live Translate is available for iPhone and iPad running iOS or iPadOS 26.0 or later. Language support and performance depend on your device and Apple’s available speech and translation models.
Does it work with every video or app?
It works with available system audio received through an iOS system broadcast. Some apps and protected content do not expose audio to screen broadcasting. The app cannot bypass those restrictions.
Does it translate text on my screen?
Live Translate transcribes and translates spoken audio. It does not translate arbitrary text, buttons, messages, or other content visible on your screen.
Can I use it offline?
Transcription and translation can run on your device after the required language models are installed. Model downloads, online videos, live streams, purchases, and some Apple services still need a connection.
What is included for free?
The app includes 30 minutes of free translation use. Optional weekly, annual, and lifetime access are available through the App Store. Current prices and terms are shown in the app before purchase.
Are conversations saved?
When you stop microphone translation, the original text and translations are saved in local history. You can search, delete, and export those records. Audio is not saved. System-audio captions are for live viewing.
Get more out of every word.
How to translate video audio on iPhone
Follow videos and live streams in another language, with translated captions alongside the original speech.
Use floating translated subtitles on iPhone
Keep a translation in view while switching apps, watching a lecture, or following a live stream.
Translate conversations with your iPhone microphone
Read live speech in your language, then revisit a locally saved transcript and translation.
On-device and offline translation: what to expect
Understand which parts run locally, what needs a download, and what still requires a connection.
There’s more to understand.
Try your first 30 minutes free.
Download on the App Store