The new AirPods feature spatial audio and industry-leading
sound, longer battery life, and an all-new design
Apple® today announced the third generation of AirPods®
featuring spatial audio, delivering advanced features and a magical
experience in a new contoured design. By combining the power of the
H1 chip with an Apple-designed acoustic system, the new AirPods use
computational audio to deliver breakthrough sound with Adaptive EQ.
Users can enjoy spatial audio featuring Dolby Atmos in Apple
Music®, movies, and tv shows, along with dynamic head tracking,
across Apple devices. The new AirPods are resistant to sweat and
water, and feature a force sensor for easy and intuitive control of
music and phone calls. The extended battery life enables up to six
hours of listening time1 and up to 30 hours of total listening time
with the convenient charging case. AirPods (3rd generation) join
the world’s most popular family of headphones and are available to
order starting today, and in stores beginning Tuesday, October
26.
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The new AirPods feature spatial audio and
industry-leading sound, longer battery life, and an all-new design.
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“AirPods forever changed wireless headphones with their
groundbreaking design, incredible sound, and magical experience,”
said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide
Marketing. “We are excited to introduce the next generation of
AirPods, featuring unrivaled sound through Adaptive EQ and spatial
audio with dynamic head tracking, along with seamless interaction
between Apple devices — making the world’s best-selling headphones
even better.”
All-New Design
The new design of AirPods is lightweight and contoured, sitting
at just the right angle for comfort and to direct audio into the
ear. For a more subtle appearance, the stem is shorter than the
previous generation and features the same intuitive force sensor as
AirPods Pro® for media control. The new AirPods are resistant to
both sweat and water, with an IPX4 rating for both the earbuds and
the charging case.2
Breakthrough Audio Features
AirPods (3rd generation) build on the great sound quality that
AirPods are known for, starting with a custom driver and a high
dynamic range amplifier that together produce powerful bass with
crisp, clean high frequencies. The microphone is covered by an
acoustic mesh to help reduce the sound of wind, so the speaker’s
voice comes across distinctly on calls. AirPods also feature
AAC-ELD, a superior speech codec that offers full HD voice quality,
providing clear, natural communication for FaceTime® calls.
The new AirPods use computational audio to bring the
breakthrough experiences that customers love on AirPods Pro and
AirPods Max™ — like Adaptive EQ and spatial audio with dynamic head
tracking — to even more people.
For an optimal listening experience with rich detail, the new
AirPods feature Adaptive EQ that tunes sound in real time based on
how AirPods fit in the user’s ear. An inward-facing microphone
monitors for sound, and then Adaptive EQ, powered by computational
audio, tunes the low and mid frequencies to account for what may be
lost due to variances in fit.
Spatial audio creates a three-dimensional theater-like
experience, placing sound virtually anywhere in space, and with
Dolby Atmos, AirPods have never sounded better. Users can also
enjoy this multi-level experience with dynamic head tracking, so
music, video, and even Group FaceTime calls feel more immersive
than ever before. Using advanced spatial audio algorithms, and by
applying directional audio filters to subtly adjust the frequencies
that each ear receives, the new AirPods can place sound all around
the user.
Magical Experience
With one-touch setup that automatically pairs AirPods with other
Apple devices, users can effortlessly enjoy music throughout the
day. Audio Sharing allows listeners to share the audio stream
between two sets of AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max, while
using iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, or Apple TV®.
A new skin-detect sensor accurately discerns if AirPods are in
the ear — versus in a pocket or on a table — and pauses playback
when removed. To help with sound clarity, beamforming microphones
block out ambient noise and focus on the user’s voice, while users
can also enjoy a hands-free experience by simply saying “Hey Siri”
for requests.
Longer Battery Life
AirPods (3rd generation) offer an extra hour of battery life
over the previous generations, with up to six hours of listening
time and up to four hours of talk time. Just five minutes of
charging provides about an hour of battery life, and with four
additional charges in the case, users can get up to 30 hours of
total listening time.3 AirPods are now also part of the MagSafe®
ecosystem for convenient wireless charging.
AirPods with iOS and iPadOS
AirPods offer exceptional convenience and sound quality, and
with iOS 15 and iPadOS® 15, users can enjoy the following
features:
- With spatial audio and dynamic head tracking, voices in a Group
FaceTime call sound like they’re coming from the direction in which
the person is positioned on the screen, making it seem as if
everyone is in the same room.4
- Announce Notifications allows Siri® to read important
time-sensitive notifications, including alerts from Messages,
Reminders, Calendar, and calls, as well as any third-party apps
that adopt the API.
- AirPods are now part of the Find My™ network of hundreds of
millions of iPhone, iPad, and Mac® computers around the world,
offering proximity view in the Find My app and Lost Mode, as well
as separation alerts and sounds.
Apple and the Environment
AirPods are designed with numerous materials and features to
reduce their environmental impact, including the 100 percent
recycled rare earth elements used in all magnets. The case also
uses 100 percent recycled tin in the solder of the main logic
board, and 100 percent recycled aluminum in the hinge. AirPods are
also free of potentially harmful substances such as mercury, BFRs,
PVC, and beryllium. For energy efficiency, AirPods meet US
Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems.
Apple’s Zero Waste program helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to
landfills, and all final assembly supplier sites are transitioning
to 100 percent renewable energy for Apple production. In the
packaging, 100 percent of the virgin wood fiber comes from
responsibly managed forests.
Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations,
and by 2030, plans to have net-zero climate impact across the
entire business, which includes manufacturing supply chains and all
product life cycles. This means that every Apple device sold, from
component manufacturing, assembly, transport, customer use,
charging, all the way through recycling and material recovery, will
be 100 percent carbon neutral.
Pricing and Availability
- AirPods (3rd generation) will be available for $179 (US)
and are available to order from apple.com/store and in the Apple
Store® app in the US and more than 26 other countries and regions
starting today, with availability in stores beginning Tuesday,
October 26.
- AirPods (2nd generation) will be available at the new price of
$129 (US).
- AirPods Pro now come with MagSafe Charging Case for the same
price of $249 (US).
- With the Apple Music Voice Plan, users can enjoy millions of
songs, playlists, and stations in the Apple Music catalog through
Siri. The Apple Music Voice Plan will be available later this fall
in select countries and regions for $4.99 (US) per
month.
- New subscribers can get Apple Music free for six months with
the purchase of any AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max.5
- AirPods require Apple devices running iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1,
watchOS® 8.1, tvOS® 15.1, or macOS® Monterey, all available as free
software updates next week.
- Customers can add personal engraving with emoji, text, and
numbers to cases for AirPods Pro, AirPods (3rd generation), and
AirPods (2nd generation) for free on apple.com/store and in the
Apple Store app.
Footnotes:
1 Five hours of listening time with spatial audio enabled. 2 The
third-generation AirPods were tested under controlled laboratory
conditions and have a rating of IPX4. 3 Battery life varies by use.
See apple.com/batteries for details. 4 Available on iPhone and iPad
with A12 Bionic and later, and Mac models (2018 or later). 5 New
subscribers only. $9.99 per month after trial. Plan automatically
renews until cancelled. Restrictions and other terms apply. For
more details, visit apple.com/promo.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.
Apple’s five software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and
tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and
empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store,
Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000
employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and
to leaving the world better than we found it.
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