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6 | MACFORMAT | DECEMBER 2019

What’s inside

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RUMOR & NEWS

Word on the grapevine

about future Apple kit

9

APPS & GAMES

Our top picks of the

month for Mac and iOS

11

FACTS &

FIGURES

A look at how Apple

services are doing

12

LETTERS

Have your say

14

MACFORMAT

INVESTIGATES

Apple’s uneasy

relationship with China

18

OPINION

Why Apple

should explain its

design decisions

New AirPods Pro revealed

pple’s surprisingly popular AirPods

now have a more upmarket sibling

• the £249 AirPods Pro, which
  feature a new design and improved sound.
  Launched at the end of October, the
  AirPods Pro feature a new, stubbier, all-white
  design and can be paired with one of three
  sizes of silicone ear tips (included)
  for a snugger fit. While that helps
  improve sound quality and reduce
  ambient noise, it’s the inclusion of
  Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)
  which really makes the AirPods
  Pro a must-have upgrade.
  ANC uses two separate
  microphones – an outward-facing
  one that measures environmental
  noise, and an inward-facing one
  that cancels any remaining noise
  reaching the ear, which – along
  with proprietary software –

enables ANC to continuously adapt the sound

signal up to 200 times per second.

The AirPods Pro also use Adaptive EQ

which “automatically tunes the low- and

mid-frequencies of the music to the shape

of an individual’s ear — resulting in a rich,

immersive listening experience,” says Apple.

Control centre

For those times when you need to

tune into the outside world, the

AirPods Pro is equipped with a

Transparency Mode that enables

you to hear when someone is

talking to you – and to hear traffic

noise, etc, when crossing the

road. Each earbud is also

equipped with a force sensor, that

enables you to make and take

calls or skip forwards (press

twice), skip backwards (press

Good looks, better sound and with noise cancelling

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EDITED BY ROB MEAD-GREEN

The AirPods Pro

feature a System

in Package (SiP)

design with H1 chip.

An exploded view of the

new AirPods Pro showing

off their new design.