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Timekettle

Timekettle LiveTalk

Name: Timekettle LiveTalk
Brand: Timekettle
SKU: B0HF47MGFF
Price: 129.00 USD

From lectures abroad to your daily playlist, these AI interpreter earbuds are designed to do more than translate a quick conversation.

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Key specs

Type

Translator-first

Audio-first67%Translator-first33%

Translator-first appears on 33% of the 9 ai translation earbuds we've cataloged (of 10).

Languages

54Below average

52100

below average for ai translation earbuds — based on 5 of 10 we've cataloged.

Offline translation

YesMost common

True75%False25%

True is the most common — on 75% of the 4 ai translation earbuds we've cataloged (of 10).

Conversation modes

Most common

Listen44%Face-to-face19%Media13%Shared earbuds13%

Face-to-face is the most common — on 19% of the 16 ai translation earbuds we've cataloged (of 10).

Translation

Type: Translator-first
Languages: 54
Offline translation: Yes
Conversation modes: Face-to-face, listen, media, speaker
Accents: 108
Offline languages: 8
App Platforms: IOS, Android
Engine: Babel OS 3.0 (AI LLM engine; auto-selects engine)
Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese (Cantonese), Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese
Latency Observed S: 5 s
Offline Languages List: Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish
Works Without Phone: No

Battery

Battery Life Earbuds: 8 h
Battery Life With Case: 35 h
Full Charge Minutes: 10 min
Fast Charging: Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth Version: 5.3
Multipoint Devices: 2 devices

Design

Color Options: Black
Earbud Form Factor: Open-ear
Wearing Style: Ear hook
Weight Per Earbud: 6.9 g

Features

Companion App: IOS + Android
Eq Customization: Presets only
Live Translation: In-app
Requires Subscription: Yes

Release

Date: 2026-10-08
Msrp Usd: 129 USD
Year: 2026

Sound

Driver Size: 11 mm
Driver Type: Dynamic

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