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According to a report recently published by Bloomberg, it seems that Apple has plans to launch new versions of its AirPods that come with some serious upgrades later this year, plus another refresh next year.
The iPhone maker is reportedly looking to introduce a next generation AirPods offering that makes full use of its latest addition to its W family of processors. The company had specifically designed its W chips not only to improve Bluetooth based connections between Apple devices, but also to better manage their capabilities.
Apart from featuring an upgraded W chip, it is also quite possible that this year’s upcoming new AirPods will also be gifted with an ability to activate Apple’s Siri digital assistant by way of a voice command, as opposed to the user just tapping the AirPod in his ear physically. In other words, iOS mobile users can just utter the phrase “Hey, Siri” and immediately get to having the assistant do their bidding.
Next year promises even more cool features for the AirPods. If Bloomberg’s report turns out to be true, then 2019 should see Apple users start sporting AirPods with water proofing capabilities. The current version of the AirPods is already a marvelous result of Apple’s technical wizardry, but with water resistance included in its features, the headphones will increasingly become an ever present companion for music loving iOS users who want to listen to their favorite tracks while going out for a jog in the rain. While it is true that next year’s AirPods might not be capable of full water submersion yet (like the latest model of the Apple Watch), but who knows -- perhaps at the start of the next decade, the AirPods will finally go full amphibian.
Over the years, Apple has built a stellar track record of introducing a product that goes on to start a tech trend, even if it did not come up with the idea first. Its iPhone practically revolutionized touch screen phones, even though such devices have already existed for some years before 2007. The Apple Watch made people more aware about smartwatch devices, despite the fact that it was not the first one. As for the AirPods, the same thing is happening right now with regards to wireless headphones, inspiring other tech companies (Samsung, Motorola, Google, Sony, Bose, etc) to release similar products.
And it appears that Apple is not stopping there. There is talk the company is looking to launch an AirPods case that allows the headphones to charge wirelessly (a la the iPhone X).
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