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Apple AirPods ProWhat sets Apple’s new $249
AirPods Pro apart from your
average headphones? Aside
from its pocket-friendly wire-
less charging case, the in-ear,
truly wireless earbuds boast
advanced noise-managing
capabilities, clever design
choices and thoughtful soft-
ware features. A companion
app that helps you find the
right size silicone tips makes
securely fitting the sweat-
resistant earbuds easy, and
classic in-ear headphone
issues like clogged ears are
gone because of the vented
design. Stellar active noise
cancellation silences the
world around you—but you
can choose to maintain envi-
ronmental awareness by turn-
ing on “transparency mode.”
Although you can’t plug a
headphone splitter into an
iPhone anymore, you can use
your AirPods Pro (or a second
pair of AirPods) to share audio
with a friend when paired with
any iOS 13 device. All this
adds up to an unparalleled
experience when it comes to
truly wireless earbuds.
ÑPatrick Lucas Austin“Dyson engineers always start
with a problem,” says Sam
Bernard, global director of
the company’s personal-care
division. In this case, the
problem was the irreparable
hair damage caused by curl-
ing irons and other hot styling
tools. Dyson’s solution? Use
its prowess in air technology
to create a single tool, the
$549.99 Airwrap, that dries
and styles hair at once, no
twisting or heating required.The Airwrap uses the powerful
Dyson digital motor V9 to
“vacuum” sections of hair,
and low heat to create waves
or curls. “Before the Airwrap,
consumers just accepted that
in order to create the style
they wanted, they would need
to damage their hair with
extreme heat,” Bernard says.
“Since the introduction of our
products, they have a choice
in the matter.” ÑCady LangThe
Airwrap uses
a continuous
flow of air to curl
without extreme
heatIntelligent
heat control
measures tem-
perature more
than 40 times
a secondBEAUTY
ONE-STEP GLAM
Dyson Airwrap Styler