AirPods Pro 3 now rumored to launch in 2026
An analyst with a middling track record has planted his flag on a release year for AirPods Pro third generation, with a prediction of a 2026 release.
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Malcolm Owen
Grab AirPods 4 for $99 or AirPods Pro 2 for $169 during Amazon's earbuds sale
Amazon's top $99 AirPods 4 deal is back as WWDC 2025 winds down, while AirPods Pro 2 have dipped to $169.
Christine McKee
AirPods Pro 3 are in the works, iOS 26 beta code reveals
Apple's iOS 26 only made its debut on June 9, and researchers have already found mentions of unreleased hardware in the operating system code.
Marko Zivkovic
New iOS 26 setting prevents audio automatically jumping from AirPods to car speakers
Sometimes CarPlay is trigger happy and starts blasting out your audio before you've taken off your AirPods, or even got into your car. One new setting in iOS 26 should fix that forever.
William Gallagher
AirPods get high-quality audio recording, camera remote features in iOS 26
Starting in iOS 26, Apple is introducing new features to AirPods that will make it easier for content creators to capture high-quality audio and remotely control video recording.
Mike Peterson
AirPods expected to gain new head gestures, Camera Control revival
As soon as Apple's WWDC, AirPods could get some new functionality, including some new head gestures as well as a return of a camera feature.
Future AirPods could get lasers to read the wearer's lips & process requests
Apple is researching how AirPods could use sensors like the ones used in Face ID to read the user's lips and process what the user wants, even if there isn't a spoken request.
AI models analyzing audio from AirPods could determine a user's heart rate
Apple's latest research reveals how models made for speech recognition can determine your heart rate by processing phonocardiograms, which could be used in AirPods.
AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max: What to expect from Apple's future audio accessories
Apple is rumored to be updating the entire AirPods lineup over the next few years. Here's what the rumor mill believes is on the way for AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max.
Charles Martin
Amber Neely
William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele
