Headphones as such are not offered by the company Apple nothing new, but wireless headphones have a somewhat more recent history. If we don't count the Beats products, they currently represent the latest generation of Apple's wireless headphones AirPods ProIn today's article, we will summarize the journey Appfrom initial speculations to the aforementioned model.
The roots of Apple's wireless headphones go way back to 2011. That's when Jorge S Fino - who is signed under a number of company patents Apple – patented headphones similar to EarPods from Applu, which had the ability to work with and without wires. The drawings attached to the patent show EarPods-type headphones with a detachable cable – so they were not purely Bluetooth headphones. A few years later, Entertainment in Flight LLC (which owns theonec showed that it is associated with Applem) registered a trademark for the name AirSubs.
Goodbye, jacku
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In September 2016, the company Apple presented her iPhone 7, which, among other things, was characterized by the absence of a 3,5mm headphone output jackThis move was speculated about quite a long time before the official release of the “seven”, but it nevertheless caused quite a stir. Along with the new iPhoneI introduced Apple also your wireless headphones AirBefore AirIt took a while for the Pods to hit store shelves, but that didn't stop people from criticizing the new Apple headphones and making a number of jokes about their appearance or how easy it is to use. AirLose the pods. AirThe first generation Pods were equipped with the W1 chip from Applu, each of the earphones was equipped with a pair of microphones. They were controlled by tapping, their case was charged via Lightning konewhich. They offered for one charge AirThe first generation Pods lasted up to five hours, with a later firmware update users also got the ability to find the headphones via the app Find My iPhone.
From embarrassment to Christmas hit
The public was AirI was really skeptical at first. Some compared them to tampons hanging from the ears, while others thought the headphones looked like thin cigarette butts. People weren't too happy with their price either, and the unbearably long delivery time was also a target of criticism. New wireless headphones from Applu was originally supposed to go on sale in October 2016, but Apple Stores and authorized dealers are availableonec but it only got it at the turn of the year. Even after the start of sales, the response was in many cases rather awkward – users complained, for example, about the case running out of power or problems with connection, which Apple solved by firmware update. Apple but he trusted his wireless headphones implicitly, and Tim Cook he even called them a cultural phenomenon. But on Christmas 2018, the first generation AirThe pods became a real hit.
Second generation
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In March 2019, the company Apple presented AirThe second-generation Pods. They were equipped with the H1 chip, which provided longer battery life, faster pairing across Apple products, and provided support for voice activation of the assistant SiriAnother new feature was an optional case with wireless charging support, which owners could also purchase separately. AirFirst generation pods. AirThe second-generation Pods also faced some criticism, mostly for being too similar to the first-generation wireless Apple headphones – Applu was criticized for a lack of innovation. AirHowever, the Pod 2 did relatively well, and speculation slowly began about the possible arrival of other wireless headphones from Appyou.
AirPods Pro
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Various websites began to churn out reports of upcoming new wireless headphones from the company during the second half of 2019. Applu. In the fall of 2019, these speculations were already taking on more and more concrete dimensions – for example, there was talk of an active noise cancellation function or the form of earplugs. It didn't take long for most of the aforementioned speculations to be confirmed. In October 2019, the company Apple officially introduced its new wireless headphones AirPods Pro. Headphones AirPods Pro It offered significantly better sound than its predecessors with active noise cancellation. It was equipped with an adaptive equalizer and the company Apple It was equipped with microphones capable of analyzing ambient sounds, and the headphones also had a permeability mode. Headphones AirPods Pro was equipped with an H+ chip from Applu and offered IPX4 resistance. Their price was also significantly higher than previous models AirPods – at the time of launch, it cost more than seven thousand crowns.
Future
In the fall of this year, speculation began to spread about the next generation of headphones AirPods Pro. They should see the light of day in early 2022, their price should be the same as the AirPods Pro first generation, but it should offer better sound, longer battery life and improved noise cancellation. Similar to the case of AirThe second generation Pods should therefore be more of a slight upgrade in this case as well.
