Available since this week, the first beta of iOS 13.2hid a surprisein the form of an icon, representing in-ear headphones which are not yet present in Apple's catalog. This suggests that these could be the third generation AirPods or AirPods Pro.
Designer Michael Rieplhuber shared a concept of these future AirPods on his Twitter account, based on the image found in the iOS 13.2 files.
A quick little rendering of the leaked AirPods Pro prototype@BenGeskin @9to5mac @MacRumors pic.twitter.com/2OVRfDcJOQ
— Rieplhuber (@RieplhuberGD)October 3, 2019
We can see that they are smaller in size than the current AirPods, with a slightly different shape at the head, and above all the presence of two in-ear tips, which would probably be made of silicone.
If Apple sticks to this idea, we imagine that the next AirPods would be supplied with several sizes of tips, to adapt to different ear canal morphologies.
The in-ear design ensures better isolation from external noise compared to traditional headphones. In addition, Lines of code in iOS 13.2 also suggest that these new AirPods would be equipped with an active noise reduction system, which could be deactivated.
The discovery of this icon in iOS 13.2 corroborates published imagesby the Slashleaks website, which reportedly shows a prototype AirPods 3. The images looked questionable until the new, more reliable hint found in iOS 13.2.
© slashleaks.com
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