All items tagged with AirPods Pro (17)

Apple Introduces AirPods Pro 3, Improving the World’s Best-Selling True Wireless Earbuds

September 9, 2025 by Joao Martins

Apple Introduces AirPods Pro 3, Improving the World’s Best-Selling True Wireless Earbuds

Apple announced the new AirPods Pro 3 true wireless earbuds even before unveiling the expected new iPhone lineup for 2026. Considering the success of a product originally launched 6 years ago, which has been receiving continuous firmware updates, each one introducing groundbreaking new features, the AirPods Pro 3 are essentially a powerful hardware update of the platform. Apple says the design was further refined, the Active Noise Cancellation is now the world’s best for in-ears, introducing new heart rate sensing capabilities and extended battery life.

Comply Foam Unveils New Patented SmartSkin Foam Technology

May 23, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Comply Foam Unveils New Patented SmartSkin Foam Technology

Comply Foam, the pioneer and the largest supplier of foam tips for earbuds, announced the launch of SmartSkin, a patented foam technology that provides maximum durability and increased lifespan over traditional options. This product puts Comply Foam even further ahead in the market, as it becomes the first to offer a durable, hygienic, moisture-resistant high-performance product that will transform the listening experience of consumers worldwide.

Inside the Audio Lab: How Apple Developed Its Hearing Health Experience

October 28, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Inside the Audio Lab: How Apple Developed Its Hearing Health Experience

Apple owns multiple R&D centers spread across the globe, some of which include state-of-the-art anechoic chambers and advanced acoustic simulation rooms. Apple’s state-of-the-art Audio Lab in Cupertino, California, is the hub for the design, measurement, tuning, and validation of all of Apple’s products with speakers or microphones. It’s also the center for Apple's multiyear, cross-team collaboration that enabled the new hearing health features on AirPods Pro 2.

Perception, Stigma, and Ergonomics in Hearing

October 3, 2024 by Joao Martins

Perception, Stigma, and Ergonomics in Hearing

Let’s address the stigma "thing." Is it "awkward" to wear standard consumer earbuds (e.g., AirPods) to compensate for hearing loss? Are standard hearing aids a visible sign to informs others that a person has a disability? Are we supposed to have to explain that "these things are actually hearing aids"? This article discusses product design, hearing aids, the stigma associated with its use, and how that could complicate the ongoing convergence with consumer-oriented hearing assistance and enhancement.

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

September 26, 2024 by Joao Martins

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

With the launch of the latest AirPods 4 with ANC, Apple just proved that Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and Adaptive Audio can be done effectively in an open design. Thanks to the H2 chip, now both the AirPods 4 ANC and the existing AirPods Pro 2 in-ears support the same level features. This is a big deal and it changes everything in this competitive product segment, about to enter the age of hearables.

Jacoti Hearing Center App Enables At-Home Hearing Tests for Apple AirPods and AirPods Pro

December 1, 2023 by Joao Martins

Jacoti Hearing Center App Enables At-Home Hearing Tests for Apple AirPods and AirPods Pro

Jacoti Hearing Technologies has launched the new Jacoti Hearing Center app for iOS, which integrates with Apple AirPods and AirPods Pro, allowing users to conduct precise at-home hearing tests with wireless Apple earbuds. This development, the company says, represents a significant quality leap in accessible hearing care, empowering users to access reliable hearing tests, and providing results that are comparable to in-office audiometric testing.

Apple Updates AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C and Upcoming Lossless Wireless Audio Protocol

September 12, 2023 by Joao Martins

Apple Updates AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C and Upcoming Lossless Wireless Audio Protocol

As expected, on September 12, Apple announced the new iPhone 15 series models, which now all have USB-C connectors (but only use USB3). More importantly, Apple introduced new AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C charging capabilities and anticipated new audio experiences to all AirPods Pro models with iOS 17 updates. Between the lines there is an announcement about an upcoming "groundbreaking wireless audio protocol" supporting lossless audio over 5GHz.

Apple's WWDC 2023 Announcements: What Is New in Audio

June 8, 2023 by Joao Martins

Apple's WWDC 2023 Announcements: What Is New in Audio

As it happens every year, Apple promoted its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 5–9, 2023. Did you notice Apple’s important breakthrough in headset audio design? It was easy to just be dazzled by all the technology involved in the Vision Pro, but this design was described as providing "mind-boggling audio fidelity" by those who tried it. The Vision Pro features an interesting audio system that was the focus for this editorial, together with Adaptive Audio and other important technology innovations.

OTC Hearing Aids: Is Innovation Leaving the Rule Behind?

February 15, 2023 by Andrew Bellavia

OTC Hearing Aids: Is Innovation Leaving the Rule Behind?

A wave of new developments promises to solve the most pressing need for people with milder hearing loss, allowing mass-market hearables to supplant Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids with less stigma. Andrew Bellavia suggests the FDA’s OTC hearing aid rule (October 2022) includes assumptions that are quickly becoming obsolete as recent developments illustrate. This must read article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2023.

Second-Generation AirPods Pro Launch Expands Apple Market Share in the Global TWS Market

December 5, 2022 by Joao Martins

Second-Generation AirPods Pro Launch Expands Apple Market Share in the Global TWS Market

As overall sales of headphones have decreased 4% in the third quarter of 2022, according to market research firm Canalys, the true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds category continues to lead in the personal audio space. Among the winners in this extremely competitive, low margin environment, Apple stands out with the second-generation AirPods Pro generating an important boost in sales in that quarter - and most likely all through the holidays.

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