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Apple's flagship wireless earbuds, featuring active noise cancellation and health-sensing features, sold as part of the AirPods lineup.
A hidden framework in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate spells out how camera-equipped AirPods would sample the world. It also appears to describe a product Apple has shelved.
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Amazon cut AirPods Pro 3 to $179 two days before Prime Big Deal Days, $30 above Apple's $149 AirPods 5 with the wireless charging case. While the sale lasts, fit matters more than price in choosing between Apple's tiers.
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Apple is rolling out AirPods beta firmware 9B5042a, up from public build 9A348, to H2 models including AirPods Pro 3, Pro 2 and AirPods 4. For teams that test or support apps on AirPods, most of the practical work is keeping track of which pair runs which firmware.
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The $129 AirPods 5 now includes active noise cancellation at the price the ANC-free AirPods 4 held, and the wireless-charging version costs $149, thirty dollars under the AirPods 4 with ANC. The 50 percent improvement figure is Apple's own.
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Beats built each earcup of the 360 as a self-contained unit with its own battery and antenna. ZDNET's reviewer says that construction is what makes the pair sweat-resistant, and it costs buyers both the 3.5mm jack and USB-C audio.
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The Beats 360 are IPX4 rated and the knit pads wick sweat well, but The Verge's two reviewers found those same pads itchy away from the gym, and the plush set that fixes it is a $50 kit Apple is discounting to $10 until the end of October.
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Apple's gym-equipment pairing has been an Apple Watch feature for years. In iOS 27 the iPhone can run the session and take the pulse from the earbuds, while the machine still supplies incline and belt distance.
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Apple's 2017 gym equipment handshake now runs with the iPhone as workout computer and AirPods Pro 3 as the sensor, which hands equipment makers a second population of users on machines they already shipped.
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