two sets of AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max,
while using iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple
TV. Apple has also added a brand new skin
detection sensor onto the AirPods, which will
determine whether the AirPods are in your ear
or in your pocket, or on the table. When they’re
removed from your ear, it’ll pause playback
to remove one of the common pain points,
and to improve sound clarity, beamforming
microphones allow the AirPods to block out
ambient noise and focus on the user’s voice.
Hey, Siri is, of course, ofered as part of the new
AirPods, and plays nicely into the new Apple
Music Voice package which allows users to
subscribe to a new $4.99 per month service and
access millions of songs on Apple Music using
their voice. It’s ideal if you’re a fan of music and
want to stream away but don’t need a full
$9.99 streamer package.
The new AirPods ofer an additional hour
of battery life compared with previous
generations, now ofering up to six hours of
continuous playback and four hours of talk-
time. Just ive minutes of charging in the new
wireless charging case (included as standard)
ofers about an hour of battery life, and the
case ofers four additional charges so that you
can get up to 30 hours of total listening time
before needing to re-juice. For the irst time,
AirPods are now part of the MagSafe ecosystem
for convenient wireless charging, and the
AirPods Pro’s case has also been updated to
allow for MagSafe charging for the irst time,
which is great news.
Another reason why AirPods are a must-have
is that they seamlessly integrate with Apple’s
ecosystems, including iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. As