Third-Generation AirPods Pro

AirPods Pro 2 Concept Render
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While we can safely expect to see new fourth-generation AirPods appear this year — and probably two new models, at that — by all accounts, Apple’s next-generation AirPods Pro are still well over a year away.

That should be fairly apparent by Apple’s decision to give its AirPods Pro the USB-C treatment in isolation this past fall. The AirPods 3 and even the AirPods Max kept the Lightning port because Apple is planning on updating them sooner — new models could come as soon as March, although that’s by no means a certainty yet — so there’s little point in changing out the port this soon.

Meanwhile, the AirPods Pro are still going strong thanks to their more advanced H2 chip that powers the new iOS 17 Adaptive Audio features. There’s little need to fix what isn’t broken, and if some reports are accurate, Apple is working on even bigger and better things for the “AirPods Pro 3” next year, including the long-rumored health monitoring features.

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