Apple wasn’t the first to come up with totally wireless earphones, but the AirPods didn’t waste time becoming the world’s most popular in their category. And that’s despite all the complaining users did over the design, sound quality, and battery life. The AirPods have been selling so well, they teamed up with the other most popular wearable, the Apple Watch, to contribute significantly to Apple’s bottom line.
Not too surprising then that Apple has decided to pay some much needed attention to their wireless earphones, giving them features right on top of users’ wish lists — read active noise cancellation — as well as some they didn’t think of. Both the AirPods and the AirPods Pro are available giving users the choice of which to buy, but one can safely bet the AirPods Pro will begin to outsell the regular ones.
The AirPods Pro are now quite possibly the world’s smartest wireless earphones. It starts from the setup process. If you have your iPhone ready and working, all you need to do is open the case of the AirPods Pro, and a prompt will pop up on the phone’s screen. All you have to do is press Connect and they’re ready to use. They also pair automatically with all your other Apple devices one tap away from use with those as well.
This story is from the November 21, 2019 edition of The Hindu Business Line.
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