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The long-awaited successor toApple’sAirPods Prois on its way. The cunningly namedAirPods Pro 2, the second generation of Apple’sbest wireless earbuds, will be launched in the Autumn with a new design, better audio quality and perhaps some health tracking information too.
That’s according to Bloomberg’s well-informed Apple watcher Mark Gurman in his latestPower Onnewsletter.
Gurman also reports that my belovedAirPods Maxare getting a mid-life refresh this year, but don’t expect any significant new features beyond a few new colour options. That means right now is a really good time to invest in a pair if you were already thinking about it: unless you’re hankering for a different colour the current range is widely discounted so you won’t need to pay anything close to the RRP – and you don’t need to worry that there’ll be a dramatically better model along in a few months.
This month is proving to be an excellent month for high-end headphone fans: there are tons of new models coming from some of the biggest names in audio tech. And while that’s great for us, the consumer, it will mean incredibly fierce competition for theAirPodsPro 2 when they launch. AirPods Pro 2 are sure going to have to compete in terms of high-end true wireless earbud technology or they will end up looking not-so-pro.
Ear we go: the earbuds we’re excited about in 2022
In addition to Apple’s earbuds we’re exited about theGoogle Pixel Buds Pro, which we hope to hear more about atGoogleI/O this week, andSony’s Linkbuds S, which are aiming for thebest noise cancelling earbudscrown – although personally I think the new Ecru colour looks a bit too much like the beige of old NHS hearing aides to make me want to put it in my ears. Then there’s Sennheiser’sMomentum True Wireless 3 earbuds, which have been significantly redesigned,B&O’s EX True Wireless Earbudsand many more.
And of course there are plenty of brilliant earbuds to choose from already. My current favourites are Cambridge Audio’s Melomania Touch, the sequel to the T3 Award-winningMelomania 1, which punch way above their price tag, and the sublimeAstell&Kern UW100. Simply put, competition is fierce and looking only to get fiercer in the months to come before AirPods Pro 2 launch.
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