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There are plenty of rumors that the AirPods 3 will be coming soon, and more recently several other reports claim that the new in-ear headphones shouldn’t be expected to be available until fall.
A new site report Hits Daily Double claims AirPods 3 will be announced in the coming weeks.
There have already been a lot of reports of the new headphones, and more recently a claim that the production of current models is reduced. It could be in response to slowing demand or, quite simply, because Apple is getting ready to release the AirPods 3.
If the previous rumors are correct, we can expect the AirPods 3 to look more like the AirPods Pro than the current AirPods, but without the main feature of active noise reduction that Apple headphones are rightly touted for. nor the multiple ear tips available on the Pro models for an optimal fit.
This new report doesn’t go into more detail on the headphones, focusing on the timing of the reveal and one other feature.
The timing in itself is some pretty exciting news, which foreshadows the AirPods 3 to be announced not in a few months but in a few weeks. But the second part of the report is even more intriguing.
Along with the new headphones – but not necessarily for the AirPods 3 in particular – will be announced a new feature for Apple Music: a level of hi-fi streaming.
What’s even more interesting is that the report claims that this new tier will be available for the same price ($ 9.99 per month) as the individual Apple Music subscription currently. In other words, the quality of streaming will be better at no additional cost.
This is in contrast to Amazon Music, where the HD level costs $ 14.99, while the normal level is $ 9.99. It’s also different from Spotify which just announced upcoming price increases.
Apple won’t want to be left out of the world of hi-fi music streaming, and if the company can offer it for less than Spotify, that may well convince subscribers to change.
There is another intriguing twist in this story, with a report from 9to5Mac that the first developer beta of iOS 14.6 referred to Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio, and Lossless in the Music app. These references have since been deleted.
This suggests that the new premium streaming could arrive as early as this month, when iOS 14.6 is expected to launch.
It would be more likely to be announced in June, perhaps at the WWDC, the global developer conference. After all, Apple Music was first revealed at WWDC six years ago.
On the other hand, AirPods Pro were only announced by press release and WWDC has rarely been the place to see new hardware in recent years. So it might be possible for software and hardware to be revealed this month, after all.
Hits Daily Double says there is no certainty that this new hi-fi feature is for AirPods 3. But it would seem surprising if Apple would reveal a new product and then say that it is not compatible with the new service. streaming announced in parallel.
Article translated from Forbes US – Author: David Phelan
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