Apple Inc.’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to publicly promote the technology before it was ready made matters worse.

Adding a voice assistant to the iPhone in 2011 was prescient. Since then, Siri hasn’t seemed able to catch a break. Why should that change now? Before I go any further, a programming note: On Thursday,

Apple has not confirmed if its delayed personalized Siri features were anything more than conceptual when they were announced during the WWDC

Apple Inc. is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to live-translate an in-person conversation into another language, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Apple plans to add a live translation to its AirPods via an iOS 19 update coming later this year. As Bloomberg reports, your iPhone would listen to someone speaking in another language and relay the translation to you via your AirPods.

Though I'm not a Ferengi, I'm looking forward to a similar feature that reportedly will reach Apple AirPods later this year. Also: Apple reveals the secret to updating every AirPods model - and it's easier than you think In a Bloomberg story published Thursday,