A touch sensitive slider for volume would be nice, and a black colour. I love mine, so they need to really break before I would replace them.
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Apple to Debut New AirPods This Year With Handsfree 'Hey, Siri' Voice Command Feature, 'Water-Resistant' Models Coming in 2019
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Bit contrived. Plus not everyone who has AirPods has an AW. Not everyone who has AirPods and an AW wears both at the same time. I run with a Garmin watch, not my AW. The only time I would be using my AirPods with AW is when I'm flying -- maybe 6 times a year.
You guys seem unaware that the devices already handle this just fine...
Rather, let me control Now Playing on iPad from Apple Watch and we're set.
Since watchOS 4 and the improvements to Now Playing behavior I have no desire for AirPods design to be affected in any way by volume controls. Apple Watch digital crown is the right place for it.
I don't care about Hey Siri, but I love my Airpods and will likely upgrade. Hoping for a black option.
I was just thinking the same thing, but with the Apple Watch and iPhone as examples, which are more often in close proximity. If I ask my watch, "Hey, Siri", my watch and my phone (from my pocket) both try to answer.
That allows for zero margin of error. You know frustrating it would be to tap expecting one thing but get a different? You honestly have not thought this through very much.
What it really needs is the ability to stay in my ears. That would be a great upgrade for the AirPods. 
Surely it is reasonable to expect a battery to last longer than two years after all the first gen. of AirPods were only released mid December 2016. Unless of course the the first gen. AirPod is a victim of Apple planned obsolescence.
It is but I will probably upgrade to the new ones, I don’t believe Apple has planned obsolescence, battery’s degrade over time that is just science.
i don't know about "just fine". I was standing in the same spot today trying to activate my HomePod, but my iPad and iPhone were taking turns at answering me instead lol.
I'm an idiot and lost my AirPod case while biking...fell out of my pocket.
Debated buying a new case or waiting for the new version to come out. Opted to sell the AirPods sans case for $120 (!)
I'll just wait now until the updated model comes out.
I do miss them though. They were perfect to bike in and exercise in.
Debated buying a new case or waiting for the new version to come out. Opted to sell the AirPods sans case for $120 (!)
I'll just wait now until the updated model comes out.
I do miss them though. They were perfect to bike in and exercise in.
Love these kind of reports. I've worked out and drowned my AirPods with sweat. I've run in pouring rain and had no problems with them. So now the news is that Apple is going to call them water-resistant, but probably won't warranty them against water damage, and then label it as a new 'feature'?
Would be cool if the touch capability was for increasing and decreasing volume. As for Hey Siri, Siri is so garbage that it's unusable.
Imagine, headphones commands to search music only usable if you have Apple Music..... just Horrible!
Imagine, headphones commands to search music only usable if you have Apple Music..... just Horrible!
So this happens to everyone? Glad to hear that...i actually didn't believe that this is the common way Apple does this....killing the process in the most ugly way possible, as if it would have hiccups
Google doesn't do that, so i thought it's a bug or something like this :/
So explain to me how the batteries have a longer life on the iPhone 4s than the iPhone 6. planned obsolesce is a relatively recent phenomenon. From Macs with soldered in RAM and SSD to throttling the performance of earlier generation iPhones.
I have to respectfully disagree. I don't have a HomePod yet but I am planning to get one soon. I really like the idea of Siri but I have to admit Apple is behind the competition when it comes to smart assistants. I would like to see them put more effort into Siri while continuing their other hardware & software development / quality improvements. They are a big company with lots of talented people, I know they are capable of doing several things at once and doing them well.
For some reason I guarantee you'll get a black version of these things. It will either be this update or V3. But it's a total gimmick to sell a ton more. It's also an obvious telling sign they hold back features/customer wants on purpose.
