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Kuo: Second-Generation AirPods Pro to Launch in Second Half of 2022
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Has it been three years already since the original launch?
Then yes, these are absolutely due for a refresh at some point mid year. I don’t expect anything major, but enough where they create that separation from the first GEN to justify the upgrade for the price point.
Then yes, these are absolutely due for a refresh at some point mid year. I don’t expect anything major, but enough where they create that separation from the first GEN to justify the upgrade for the price point.
I'm currently using the AirPods 2nd Gen that I bought at launch.
I have so far resisted the temptation to buy the current AirPods Pro at each visit to Costco UK, where they seem to be discounted even cheaper every time I'm there.
I had ordered the AirPods 3 for my sister and she is happy with them so far.
I really am prepared to wait for the AirPods Pro 2, which it looks like I will be ordering in September, alongside a new iPhone 14 Pro.
It has already been rumoured that only the iPhone 14 Pro may come with the new A16 chip, which suggests an enhanced hardware support that the new AirPods Pro could benefit from. We will have to wait and see.
I have so far resisted the temptation to buy the current AirPods Pro at each visit to Costco UK, where they seem to be discounted even cheaper every time I'm there.
I had ordered the AirPods 3 for my sister and she is happy with them so far.
I really am prepared to wait for the AirPods Pro 2, which it looks like I will be ordering in September, alongside a new iPhone 14 Pro.
It has already been rumoured that only the iPhone 14 Pro may come with the new A16 chip, which suggests an enhanced hardware support that the new AirPods Pro could benefit from. We will have to wait and see.
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I just don't see it as feasible on such a tiny product. The material and environmental impact, while an issue, is pretty minimal for something with so little mass. If you throw away one soda can and one water bottle you are throwing away more material than a set of AirPods.
Why are you guys hung up on lossless? Sound quality can be improved far more by acoustic changes and improved power usage.
Lossless is a battery killer that's just not helpful. If you're passing AAC at about 256, the audio is literally indistinguishable from lossless, but you get a huge drop in power needed.
Compare the quality of sound coming out of a cheaper headphone like a Shure SE215 which is wired, and an APP. It's not even close. The improvements will come from getting closer to that form factor, with more power savings, and not from pushing lossless compression feed over a power-saving designed Bluetooth spec.
Maybe so, but there's a point to something being more long-term usable.
Cool, I'm ready for a pair. The batteries in the pods and case and starting to get tired.
I understand the concern. I’m just trying to be realistic about what can be done with such miniaturized tech. It might be that they could reengineer them to make it easier for a service center to pull out and replace the battery. Not sure that the demand is there for that kind of thing, though.
I like my current AirPods Pro except for the fact that they seem to fall out of my ear fairly easy, no matter how I try and place them. I am guessing Apple will keep with the same design.
It’s a nice idea …
Even better idea indeed …
But if no redesign or a redesign and all the other bells and whistles come, I probably will not buy if simply Apple cannot or will not make these in …
BLACK, or other non-white colours.
To me this is simple and a no brainer: make other colours for AirPods Pro and AirPods. I don’t want to see other peoples ear hair stand out against a white headset, NOR do I want anyone else to see my ear hair!!
Someone makes some foam inserts that change the way the tips fit. That might make it work for you. I’m fortunate in that the pros fit well and are secure in my ears. The only way they come out by accident is if I try to take off a t-shirt without taking the AirPods out and they will always get snagged and pull out.
Edit: these are the ones that others have used. I don’t have first hand experience but maybe some others do as well. In addition, when doing a search for these, I found lots of others available on Amazon and ebay that may work the same.
Comply Foam Tips Compatible with Apple Airpods Pro
Treat your ears with Comply Foam tips specifically designed to deliver an elevated listening experience, snug and secure fit and block unwanted noise for AirPods Pro.
Battery life, Battery life, Battery life.
Battery life per use.
Overall battery life for lifetime of product.
Sweetener with a newer chip for FindMy for the case and each pod.
Save lossless for the Max. If you can afford to pay for the music you can get the real high end cans.
Battery life per use.
Overall battery life for lifetime of product.
Sweetener with a newer chip for FindMy for the case and each pod.
Save lossless for the Max. If you can afford to pay for the music you can get the real high end cans.
APP's are still my best earphones. None of the other options have as good a transparency mode. I was hoping Samsung would catch up with the Buds2, but the transparency mode on that isn't as good and occlusion effect is strong.
I like the stems but then covid came around and now I have to wear the Buds2 when out the house because they work better with mask straps. So I hope they go.
Big thing I'm hoping for is a 3 mic array with a voice pickup unit neural net trained noise reduction circuit for calls. Buds2 are way better for voice pickup in loud settings.
I like the stems but then covid came around and now I have to wear the Buds2 when out the house because they work better with mask straps. So I hope they go.
Big thing I'm hoping for is a 3 mic array with a voice pickup unit neural net trained noise reduction circuit for calls. Buds2 are way better for voice pickup in loud settings.
My near-enough launch day ones (ah remember the days when you could go and try them on in the apple store and off they’d go to be wiped over) are ready to be retired. They’ve been remarkably good given the fact they both sat in the water trap in the washing machine for hours once (and that was over 2 years ago). I do miss the launch ANC levels though.
I go on a dedicated three mile walk almost every day (when it’s not too cold and/or wet outside here in NYC). But I do so with my wife, and we spend that time talking with each other.
I’m very fitness oriented. I met my 650 cal move goal every single day last year, and walks were a big help for that.
I'm curious how true lossless would work. There is AFAIK presently no lossless codec specified, even as optional. Bluetooth 5.0, if both devices (audio source and e.g. AirPods) are fully capable of it, could handle barely enough bandwidth (maybe) for raw CD grade audio; and ALAC or FLAC or the like could shrink that down to maybe half, making it perhaps possible given the real world limitations of even Bluetooth 5.0.
Since Apple opened ALAC, if they used that as an optional codec when both ends support it, other manufacturers could adopt that too.
There are of course some proprietary codecs (such as AptX family and LDAC) that claim near lossless quality. But near is still not quite there.
Since Apple opened ALAC, if they used that as an optional codec when both ends support it, other manufacturers could adopt that too.
There are of course some proprietary codecs (such as AptX family and LDAC) that claim near lossless quality. But near is still not quite there.
I think you've never listened to lossless or hi-res music on really good headphones with a good DAC/Amp and then listened to the same material on the AirPod Pro's. What's the point of an inferior device having the capability to play a pure music stream?
Point taken. Though AirPods Max likely sell one or more orders of magnitude fewer units than AirPods Pro (so less logistics). And Beats... kinda sorta doing their own thing? Hard to say.
I'd love to see AirPods Pro in a few colors, but I'd have a hard time picking colors that would make everyone else happy without ending up with 10 colors. Black would probably be obvious (all the way back to the polycarbonate PowerBooks in white and black). Red, because that's often the next color for Apple (plus the Product Red tie-in). Beyond that, blue, green, purple, pink... some might think silver and gold would go well with earrings/cuffs, but do you do a more matte finish that actually works, or do you do shiny gold/silver plating over plastic, that sounds like a potential for chipping? Personally, I'd go for purple, or blue, but I suspect if they ever did colors, #2 would be black and #3 would be red, following their pattern for other devices.