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AirPods Pro 3

With an Apple Intelligence iPhone: in-person Live Translation (beta).

Apple

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Price$249
SubscriptionNo mandatory subscription
Brand🇺🇸 USA
Utility score53

What it can do

VisionListeningVoice(partial)Translation(partial)MemoryAgentManipulationMobilityTouch

Capability levels are AMS classifications (full · partial · none; faded items are none or not disclosed).

How much of a human does this replace?

  • Ears — hearingreplaces
  • Mouth — speakingpartly
  • Language — interpretingpartly

Hardware

CameraNot disclosed
MicrophoneYes
SpeakerYes
DisplayNo
LiDARNot disclosed
Depth sensorNot disclosed
Touch sensorNot disclosed
Battery8 h
WeightNot disclosed
DimensionsNot disclosed

AI capabilities

AI modelApple Intelligence
AI providerApple
Cloud dependencyOn-device + cloud
How it actsOnly when called

Country / supply chain

Brand🇺🇸 USA
HQ🇺🇸 USA
Made inNot disclosed
AI provider🇺🇸 USA
Cloud / dataNot disclosed

Geopolitical dependency

Medium

  • Tied to one company’s account and app ecosystem
  • 1 input(s) not disclosed

Privacy / lock-in

On-device AIYes (at least partly)
Cloud requiredNo
Account requiredYes
Subscription requiredNo
OfflineNot disclosed
Open APINot disclosed
SDKNot disclosed
Data exportNot disclosed
Closed ecosystemYes

Developer access

SDKNot disclosed
ROSNot disclosed
APINot disclosed
AccessNot disclosed

Price / performance

AI capability7 / 20
Hands-free usability15 / 15
Physical capability0 / 20
Autonomy4 / 15
Battery / runtime10 / 10
Cost efficiency10 / 10
Availability5 / 5
Privacy / lock-in2 / 5
Utility score53 / 100

Price / perf.: 38

A reference value computed from public data with the AMS rubric. Undisclosed items score 0, so judge by the individual figures.

7 of 10 key fields disclosed

Sources

Checked 2026-10-02 · Values a source does not disclose are left as “Not disclosed”, never estimated.