Timekettle's Babel OS is advancing language translation earbuds.

Timekettle unveils Babel OS for AI simultaneous interpretation in language translation earbuds

Timekettle has unveiled the Babel OS, its first-ever operating system designed to redefine AI-driven simultaneous interpretation. Babel OS will be used in the company’s language translation earbuds.

This breakthrough not only sets a new benchmark for translation software, it also significantly enhances the performance of Timekettle’s hardware devices, delivering lightning-quick transitions with solutions that can anticipate what is being said, adapt to customizable lexicons, and translate in over 40 languages with real human emotion and tonality, the company said.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.