Treski said that in the early stages of exploring the adaptive audio function, he considered linking the GPS signal on the iPhone to confirm the wearer’s location to automatically adjust the adaptive audio. For example, when the wearer is walking on the street, AirPods Pro automatically enters transparency mode.

Huang said: “In the early exploration of adaptive audio, we basically switched automatic noise reduction and transparency modes based on where you were. You can imagine the iPhone passing a signal to the AirPods to tell the wearer that they are currently in the room or In other scenes, we can judge and provide a music mode that is more suitable for the scene.”

Huang later said: “During the advancement process, we believed that this was not the right approach. You cannot confirm that the environment is quiet in the room and noisy on the street.”

The adaptive audio of AirPods Pro 2 needs to be used with an iPhone upgraded to iOS 17. It supports dynamic response to the environment to adjust noise reduction and media volume. It also supports automatic switching to transparency mode, lowering the volume and pausing media when speaking.

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According to Canalys, the global smart personal audio market declined for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter of 2022, with shipments down 4% year-over-year to 113.6 million units. However, TWS was the only subcategory to show growth, up 6 percent year-over-year to a total of 76.9 million units.

Leading the way again this quarter was Apple, whose global shipments grew 34 percent from 17.8 million units in 3Q 2021 to 23.8 million units in 3Q 2022. This high growth also meant an increase in its market share, which grew from 24.6% in Q3 2021 to 30.9% in Q3 2022.

According to analysts, the launch of the AirPods Pro 2 has significantly boosted Apple’s sales in the category, with the model shipping 4.2 million units in the quarter alone, accounting for 20 percent of all AirPods shipped.

Its nearest competitor, Samsung, saw its 8.7 million shipments fall 15 percent to 7.4 million in the third quarter of 2021, dropping its market share from 12 percent to 9.6 percent. Monday’s report said that despite the launch of the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, that drop was shipped in late August and sold at a higher price, “limiting market performance.”

Another major improvement in the top five was boAt-lifestyle, which grew 50 percent to 4.1 million units, compared with 2.8 million a year ago. Xiaomi, in fourth place, saw shipments fall 31 percent year-over-year to 3.4 million, and Skullcandy dropped 4 percent to 2.6 million.

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Apple suppliers had started assembling the iPhone 14 series models in India. According to Nikkei, they now intend to produce Apple headphones in India, while Foxconn has already started preparations to produce Beats headphones in India and hopes to eventually produce AirPods headphones in India as well.

As well as Foxconn, Lixion Precision also plans to help Apple make AirPods in India, although the company is currently more focused on production work in Vietnam, so it may get a later start than other AirPods manufacturers.

According to Bloomberg, the total cost of producing, selling and shipping iPhones in India to Europe and the Middle East is around $1 billion, a figure that could reach $2.5 billion by March 2023 if new incentives are put in place.

Apple has already invested heavily in expanding its production and supply chain to places like Vietnam and Brazil and plans to reduce labor costs by moving 25% of production to India by 2025.

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But unfortunately, Apple has poured cold water on these expectant users.

In the latest beta version of iOS 16.1 Beta 4, Apple removed the Adaptive Pass-through Mode switch from the initial AirPods Pro/Max and said it was simply a display bug.

At present, Apple has not publicly stated the reason why the initial generation of AirPods Pro/Max cannot use Adaptive Pass-through Mode, but from the official publicity of the feature, it may be related to the performance of the headphones.

According to the official propaganda, the implementation of Adaptive Pass-through Mode is based on the H2 chip equipped in AirPods Pro 2. This hardware-level difference undoubtedly limits the implementation of this feature on older devices.

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The official description of the mode reads, “Adaptive Transparency mode harnesses the power of the H2 chip to dramatically reduce the intensity of loud noises like honking horns or power tools so you can hear your surroundings comfortably.

Previously, after upgrading to the latest iOS 16.1 Beta and AirPods Beta firmware, AirPods Max and first-generation AirPods Pro users noticed the addition of an “Adaptive Pass-through” setting to the existing pass-through options, which many media and users believe Apple is Many media and users believe that Apple is extending this feature to other devices.

Apple doesn’t often advertise new features like Adaptive Transparency and bring them to older devices, so this is an odd decision. And it makes sense that Gurman says it was actually added by mistake. The original AirPods Pro and AirPods Max likely didn’t have an Adaptive Transparency implementation at all, and Apple accidentally made the Adaptive Transparency setting visible to devices that don’t actually support it.

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As you can see from the screenshots shared by netizens, users of the original AirPods Pro who have updated to the AirPods beta firmware 5A304A can now see the “Adaptive Transparency Mode” option in the AirPods section of the phone’s settings.

Apple AirPods Pro 2 is equipped with the H2 chip, which claims that the adaptive transparency mode can exert the powerful performance of the H2 chip, which can greatly reduce the intensity of loud noises such as whistles or power tools, and users can comfortably hear the surrounding environment. sound.

It’s not yet known how well this feature will work with the first AirPods Pro, which only has the H1 chip.

Apple iOS 16.1 also enables battery percentage for more iPhone models like iPhone 11 and iPhone 13 mini. Apple has tweaked the battery indicator to be a dynamic icon and added an API for real-time activity.

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Users can now use the camera on the iPhone to create personalized spatial audio profiles.

The H2 chip has a new active noise cancellation feature with “advanced computational audio”, an adaptive pass-through mode, and a system that can process up to 48,000 times per second, doubling the amount of noise cancellation.

New larger/smaller earbuds have been added to fit more consumers. Each AirPods headset can also play a separate piece of audio, and U1 technology has been introduced to use Find My to find exactly where the headphones are. There is a new lanyard loop on the side of the charging case for lanyards.

The new generation AirPods Pro allows for 6 hours of listening on a single charge, a 33% increase over the original AirPods Pro, and the charging case allows for 30 hours of listening time, an increase of 6 hours over the original.

While still charging via Lightning, the next-generation AirPods Pro can now be used with Apple Watch chargers, MagSafe or any Qi wireless charger.

The new AirPods Pro will be available on September 23rd and is available for pre-order now for $249.

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LE audio would be particularly beneficial for AirPods, such as the rumored second-generation AirPods Pro coming later this year. below, we outline five benefits of LE audio for future AirPods Pro, assuming that source devices such as the iPhone, iPad and Mac will also be upgraded to support the specification in the future.

Improved audio quality. According to the Bluetooth Technology Alliance, LE Audio includes a new low-power audio codec called LC3 that provides better audio quality even at a 50 percent lower bit rate compared to the classic SBC codec.

Longer battery life. With the low-power LC3 audio codec, future AirPods Pro will have longer battery life for audio playback.

Multiple audio stream support. LE Audio will enable multiple simultaneous audio streams between a source device such as an iPhone or Mac and AirPods Pro. This will allow a single left or right AirPod to have its own Bluetooth audio connection with a device that supports LE audio for improved reliability.

Connect multiple pairs of AirPods to an iPhone at once. LE audio will allow multiple pairs of AirPods to connect directly to a future iPhone, iPad, Mac or other device and listen to the same audio at the same time. Previously Apple already had a feature that allowed an iPhone or iPad user with AirPods to share audio with another person using AirPods, but the feature did not work with more than two pairs of AirPods.

There is no need to switch between iPhone and Mac. LE audio will allow AirPods to connect to multiple source devices at the same time, such as iPhone and Mac, without the need to switch AirPods between devices.

In July, the Bluetooth Technology Alliance said it expects LE audio-enabled products to be available by the end of 2022.

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