Mark Gurman, Bloomberg:
The model coming as early as this year will let people summon Apple’s Siri digital assistant without physically tapping the headphones by saying “Hey Siri.” The function will work similarly to how a user activates Siri on an iPhone or a HomePod speaker hands-free. The headphones, internally known as B288, will include an upgraded Apple-designed wireless chip for managing Bluetooth connections. The first AirPods include a chip known as the W1, and Apple released the W2 with the Apple Watch last year.
The idea for the water-resistant model is for the headphones to survive splashes of water and rain, the people said. They likely won’t be designed to be submerged in water. The latest iPhones can survive splashes, while the Apple Watch is considered “swim-proof.” Apple’s plans could change or be delayed, the people said. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.
Is this enough to make you replace your AirPods with the latest and greatest? What if it came with a wireless charging case that went along with the AirPower wireless charging mat?
These questions aside, what would really drive me to upgrade would be improvements to the audio experience.
I imagine Apple isn’t even after upgrades from AirPod 1G owners, exactly as they don’t expect every iPhone owner to upgrade every year.
More like adding value to get new buyers.
Love my AirPods. They’re so unobtrusive I often forget I’m wearing them, but when a call comes in, or I start a podcast, there they are.
The one important drawback for me is the missing “remote.” Siri is only partially effective as a replacement. More “tap” functions (single, double, triple tap on both pods) would be a reasonable alternative.
The latest iPhones are submergible aren’t they? Not just able to ‘survive splashes’.
There are lots of anecdotal evidence that AirPods will survive the laundry, occasional dunks in water, etc. However they are not waterproof and can be damaged by dunking.
If you check out IFixit’s teardown of AirPods you’ll see that they are jammed full of parts, plastic, and gobs of glue. Hence the reason that they are unofficially “water resistant”.
Yes – I’ve heard that about the AirPods. Actually, my Uncle dropped one in some water and it survived too.
Though, my comment was actually about the iPhones only being able to survive splashes – not the AirPods.
Forehead slap. 😉
I think I’ll just call today a Mulligan.
No worries. It’s late Friday afternoon in my TZ so completely normal. ?
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I think they’re still “liquid damage not covered by warranty,” though.
would be nice to make sure they are
1) water “proof”
2) buoyant
3) short or long range tracking – for when the “walk away”.
— for in ear ‘phones, they seem OK, otherwise.
The iPhone 7 and newer (I assume) are “water proof” – there are ratings for his … some people have done testing!
IIRC, the iPhone 7 is rated for about 1.5m of water @ no more than 30 min – which is great for hot tubs and many resort pools… jacuzzis and bath tubs of course too.
iPhone 7
iPhone 7 CNET
iPhone 8
yeah, its a bummer
also any cracked phone will lose that water protection… some day, thinks will work.