I agree I see it more towards 2023. I’m just pointing out it’s more of a given now it’ll happen.
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AirPods Pro 2 Said to Feature Upgraded H1 Chip, Find My, Heart Rate Detection, USB-C and More
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I will buy AirPods when they make one that is capable of lossless audio. If we can’t meet basic digital standards from over 40 years ago then maybe it’s not ready for the world yet.
Im a bit of an audiophile like you, use DACs and decent wired headphones for the best audio quality. The Airpods Pro are very good though, have a nice flat sound signature, perfect for people like us. They actually sound better than ‘Wired earbuds’ .
What’s new about this? Current AirPods and AirPods Pro have this capability.
- Find My - The AirPods Pro 2 are expected to support Find My functionality, allowing them to be located with the Find My app.
Isn’t usb c iPhones and lightning headphones the worst of both worlds? Forcing even basic users to carry two wires with them to keep their iPhone and headphones charged. I haven’t heard any rumors of the iPhone going usb c this year.
Certainly Apple realizes this so I think if the AirPods are going USB C, it adds support to the rumor that they will be able to reverse wireless charge on the back on an iPhone.
Certainly Apple realizes this so I think if the AirPods are going USB C, it adds support to the rumor that they will be able to reverse wireless charge on the back on an iPhone.
Apple should fixed the ANC/transparency modes which were nuked from way back from the updates. It's really not that good anymore. Also, upgrade the eartips and make it wider so it'll fit better, though hard to do with the terrible interior design of the case limiting the eartip size for larger tips. No mention of adding a small update button to the case so users can just manually get the updates?
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They have a very primitive version where they just remember the last place where the AirPods were disconnected. After that point, they have no idea what happened to them. I constantly get warnings that my AirPods Pro were left at place X. In reality, I just put them in my pocket at place X and drove away. that warning is both annoying and near useless.
If the new ones have actual, constant location awareness, that will be a big improvement.
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Not quite, they can use a bluetooth ping as a location finder which lets your phone show basically a "hot/cold" type finder and they can be told to ping to find them with sound. The combination let me find a lost earbud in the grass a few weeks ago.
Full find my integration would be nicer though
They charge wirelessly. They could just get rid of the wired connector all together.
You really believed a wifi radio supporting lossless bandwidth would be an ideal consumer experience is such limited and low battery capacity energy constraints in-ear earphones would actually happens?
How high, in the clouds, is your thought process on this?
Mmyes. I am sure everyone can afford an iPhone AND an Apple Watch AND these AirPods.
Or maybe they prefer to wear a Breitling Navitimer. There a plenty of alternative scenarios to your one true path.
yes, I suppose the actual ear pieces can do that. Where I run into limitations is when they are stored the case and the phone only knows where they were when they were put away.
That's funny I have the exact same problem with my case. Dead led and only wireless charging.
No way that they’ll make it USB-C while the iPhone is still Lightning. That doesn’t make sense even for people who love USB-C.
But they’ve sure designed a USB-C case, so they can start shipping it when the iPhone goes USB-C. The AirPods product cycle is pretty long, after all. That’s probably what the leakers saw.
But yeah, USB-C is happening. But we knew that. The big question: Outside the EU, too?
But they’ve sure designed a USB-C case, so they can start shipping it when the iPhone goes USB-C. The AirPods product cycle is pretty long, after all. That’s probably what the leakers saw.
But yeah, USB-C is happening. But we knew that. The big question: Outside the EU, too?
With the new sensors, hoping there won't be a price increase. Also it might be launched along with iPhones later this year.
It’s so weird since I didn’t do anything particularly different. It stopped working from one day to the next at a hotel in Mexico. I took them to the Apple Store but since the lightening connector seems to be dead (even though it looks perfectly fine) they couldn’t do a hardware test either. I am surprised they still charge wirelessly or that they still appear on the iPhone when I open the case to be honest. You would think everything is connected? Super weird but oh well, as long as I can still charge them wireless, I can hold off until the 2nd Gen