Timekettle unveiled its latest pair of headphones this week, the W4 Pro. CES 2025 In Las Vegas. The product aims to improve startup focus by translating real-time into phone and video calls.
The headsets will automatically translate calls in 40 languages without any input from the user. In anticipation, There is a certain length of time: about three to five seconds after the speech.
Timekettle notes: “The newly released functionality allows two-way translators to facilitate easy cross-language conversations through a telecommunications application or traditional phone systems. It provides two-way simultaneous translations without disturbing the original audio quality.”
However, the translated speech will be louder than the original voice. In addition to those translations, The headphones use onboard AI to summarize the contents of the conversation.
The W4 Pro can be used in the same way as previous Timekettle headsets: you can also share the headset with another person for face-to-face translation.
The headphones are powered by the company's newly announced Babel OS. “Delivers lightning-fast conversions with solutions that adapt to predictive, customizable dictionaries and translate what's being said according to human emotion and intonation,” says Timekettle.
The operating system also comes to older models. The W4 Pro headphones will go on sale on Sunday for $449.