Apple announces $159 truly wireless AirPods earbuds
The previously leaked Apple AirPods have been
officially announced at the company's big event today. They are truly wireless
earbuds, following in the footsteps of only a handful of other such products -
things such as the Bragi Dash, Earin, Samsung Gear IconX, as well as the
recently unveiled Jabra Elite Sport and Bragi The Headphone.
Like all of those earbuds, the AirPods come
with absolutely no wires, not even to connect the buds between themselves. The
AirPods have Apple's new W1 chip built-in, dual optical sensors so they only
play when they're in your ears, dual accelerometers (which detect touch to
activate Siri when you double-tap), as well as a couple of microphones each.
Akin to similar products, they come with a
special battery-charging case. The battery life should be around five hours per
charge, and the case apparently provides 24 hours worth of charges.
Unlike Bluetooth headphones, these require no
pairing procedure. Once you open the lid of their case, a "Connect"
prompt will simply appear on your iPhone, and once you tap that you're set.
Furthermore, iCloud is used to let every one of your Apple devices know that
you have a pair of AirPods. A proprietary wireless connection is used, so the
AirPods will only be compatible with Apple devices running iOS 10, watchOS 3,
and macOS Sierra.
The AirPods will become available in late
October for $159. That price is very competitive in the nascent market of truly
wireless earbuds, so Apple could end up selling quite a few of these. Obviously
compatibility with non-Apple devices would have helped even more.
Source: gsmarena
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