Apple suppliers will start manufacturing of two new fourth-generation AirPods fashions in Might, in keeping with Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Based mostly on this manufacturing timeframe, he expects the headphones to be launched in September or October.
Gurman expects each fourth-generation AirPods fashions to characteristic a brand new design with higher match, improved sound high quality, and an up to date charging case with a USB-C port. The upper-end ones may also characteristic lively noise cancellation and a speaker within the charging case that may play a sound for Discover My location monitoring, he mentioned.
Apple plans to discontinue the second-generation and third-generation AirPods after launching the 2 fourth-generation fashions, he beforehand mentioned.
Gurman doesn’t anticipate new AirPods Professional to launch till subsequent yr on the earliest, however he mentioned the present fashions will get a brand new listening to assist mode with iOS 18. He added that Apple can also be engaged on a listening to take a look at characteristic for AirPods.
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