September 9, 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Apple introduces AirPods 4 and the world’s first all-in-one listening to well being expertise with AirPods Professional 2
The brand new AirPods lineup features a brand-new design for AirPods 4, a brand new array of colours for AirPods Max, and revolutionary Listening to Safety, Listening to Check, and Listening to Support options for AirPods Professional 2
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple as we speak introduced a groundbreaking new lineup of AirPods fashions and options. The brand new AirPods 4 are probably the most superior and comfy headphones Apple has ever created with an open-ear design, and as we speak, clients can select between two distinct fashions: AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Energetic Noise Cancellation (ANC). AirPods Max now are available in midnight, starlight, blue, purple, and orange, and supply USB-C charging for extra comfort. This fall, AirPods Professional 2 will introduce the world’s first end-to-end listening to well being expertise, delivering energetic Listening to Safety,1 a scientifically validated Listening to Check, and a clinical-grade Listening to Support function.2
AirPods 4 and AirPods Max might be accessible to pre-order beginning as we speak, with availability in shops starting Friday, September 20. New listening to well being options might be accessible this fall for AirPods Professional 2 customers in additional than 100 nations and areas.
“With AirPods 4, clients can take pleasure in Energetic Noise Cancellation and probably the most superior audio expertise ever in an open-ear design,” stated John Ternus, Apple’s senior vp of {Hardware} Engineering. “And with a revolutionary replace to the world’s best-selling headphones, AirPods Professional will ship groundbreaking new capabilities — together with Listening to Check and Listening to Support options — to assist greater than a billion folks affected by listening to loss.”
AirPods 4 Unveil an Trade-Defining Design
With unbelievable sound high quality, as much as 24-hour battery life with the charging case, and an iconic design, the unique AirPods supplied wi-fi comfort and seamless pairing with the Apple ecosystem of merchandise. That have will get even higher with AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with ANC, providing a brand-new match and an array of highly effective options and capabilities.
AirPods 4 are one of the best headphones Apple has ever created with an open-ear design, setting a wholly new benchmark for match and luxury. The brand new design is constructed with an unparalleled knowledge set that makes use of superior modeling instruments, like 3D photogrammetry and laser topography, to exactly map and analyze hundreds of ear shapes and over 50 million particular person knowledge factors in whole. This course of helped refine the design to ship probably the most comfy AirPods ever with one form that naturally matches much more customers world wide.
Delivering an enormous enchancment in sound high quality, AirPods 4 function a wholly new acoustic structure, low-distortion driver, and excessive dynamic vary amplifier, and add Personalised Spatial Audio with dynamic head monitoring for probably the most immersive media expertise. With the H2 chip, AirPods 4 unlock clever audio experiences solely Apple silicon can ship, resembling Voice Isolation, enabling clearer name high quality irrespective of the environmental situations, and Siri Interactions, permitting customers to easily nod their head sure or gently shake their head no to reply to Siri bulletins. For much more management, AirPods 4 additionally function a brand new drive sensor on the stem to play or pause media and mute or finish calls with a fast press. Because of the H2 chip, AirPods 4 are additionally nice for gaming, delivering low wi-fi audio latency and wonderful voice high quality when chatting with teammates and different gamers, together with help for 16-bit, 48kHz audio.
For added comfort, the charging case now gives USB-C charging and is greater than 10 p.c smaller in quantity than its predecessor — all whereas nonetheless delivering as much as 30 hours of battery life.3 Along with a USB-C charging cable, clients that select AirPods 4 with ANC can cost utilizing an Apple Watch charger or Qi-certified charger, and at simply 50mm large, the charging case is the smallest within the trade with wi-fi charging capabilities.
AirPods 4 Deliver ANC to an Open-Ear Match
For the primary time, AirPods 4 convey ANC to an open-ear design with a further mannequin. With upgraded microphones, the facility of the H2 chip, and superior computational audio, AirPods 4 with ANC assist to scale back environmental noise like airplane engines, metropolis visitors, and extra. Working throughout {hardware} and software program to ship probably the most pure listening expertise, AirPods 4 with ANC additionally introduce clever options like Transparency mode to maintain customers conscious of their setting; Adaptive Audio, which dynamically blends Transparency mode and ANC primarily based on the situations of a person’s setting; and Dialog Consciousness, which lowers the person’s media quantity after they begin talking to somebody close by.
AirPods Max Get 5 New Colours
AirPods Max can be found in 5 stunning new colours, together with midnight, starlight, blue, orange, and purple, and supply complementary finishes alongside different Apple merchandise like Mac and iPad. Moreover, AirPods Max now function USB-C charging capabilities, making them extra handy than ever to cost at residence or on the go.
AirPods Professional 2 Introduce the World’s First All-in-One Listening to Well being Expertise
Roughly 1.5 billion folks world wide live with listening to loss, in accordance with the World Well being Group. Constructing on years of labor in listening to well being — together with the Noise app on Apple Watch, headphone audio ranges with iPhone, listening to accessibility options, and the Apple Listening to Examine — Apple is introducing an end-to-end expertise targeted on prevention, consciousness, and help.
Prevention
In keeping with the Apple Listening to Examine, one in three individuals are repeatedly uncovered to loud environmental noise ranges that may affect their listening to. That may embody frequent eventualities like taking the subway whereas commuting, mowing the garden at residence, attending a sporting occasion, and lots of extra. With the intention to assist customers stop publicity to loud environmental noise whereas preserving the sound signature of what they’re listening to, Listening to Safety involves AirPods Professional. The ear ideas assist to offer passive noise discount, whereas the H2 chip helps to actively scale back louder, extra intermittent noise at 48,000 instances per second. On by default throughout all listening modes, Listening to Safety is useful in a wide range of loud settings. Plus, with an all-new multiband excessive dynamic vary algorithm, sounds at dwell occasions like concert events stay pure and vibrant so customers don’t miss a beat.
Consciousness
Apple can also be introducing a scientifically validated Listening to Check function with AirPods Professional and a appropriate iPhone or iPad, increasing the power for customers to shortly verify their listening to from the consolation of their residence in minutes. The check is easy to take, makes use of a typical scientific strategy known as pure-tone audiometry, leverages superior acoustic science, and gives customers with an interactive expertise. When a person completes the check, they’ll see an easy-to-understand abstract of their ends in a personalised listening to profile for AirPods Professional, which is saved privately and securely of their Well being app. Customers may also share these outcomes with their healthcare suppliers for extra knowledgeable conversations.
Help
“Listening to well being is a necessary a part of our total wellbeing, but it might probably usually be ignored — in truth, in accordance with the Apple Listening to Examine, a staggering 75 p.c of individuals identified with listening to loss go untreated,” stated Sumbul Desai, M.D., Apple’s vp of Well being. “We’re thrilled to offer breakthrough software program options with AirPods Professional that put customers’ listening to well being entrance and middle, bringing new methods to assist check for and obtain help for listening to loss.”
AirPods Professional additionally add an modern, over-the-counter Listening to Support functionality for customers with gentle to average listening to loss. Utilizing the customized listening to profile from the Listening to Check, this new function seamlessly transforms AirPods Professional right into a clinical-grade listening to support. After setup, the function allows customized dynamic changes so customers have the sounds round them boosted in actual time. This helps customers higher have interaction in dialog and retains them related to the folks and setting round them. With the unbelievable audio high quality of AirPods Professional, the person’s customized listening to profile is robotically utilized to music, films, video games, and cellphone calls throughout their units with no need to regulate any settings. This primary-of-its-kind software-based Listening to Support function brings customers the power to fine-tune their expertise at any time, making entry to listening to help simpler than ever at an approachable value level. Customers may also arrange the Listening to Support function with an audiogram created by a listening to well being skilled. Each the Listening to Check and Listening to Support options are grounded in science and have been validated by rigorous scientific research. The Listening to Check and Listening to Support options are anticipated to obtain advertising authorization from international well being authorities quickly, and might be accessible this fall in additional than 100 nations and areas, together with america, Germany, and Japan.
After taking the Listening to Check, customers may also use their listening to profile to personalize the AirPods Professional listening expertise. This advantages much more folks, together with these with little to no listening to loss, who can benefit from particular changes at particular person frequencies. To assist present one of the best listening expertise, Media Help is an all-new function that helps enhance sure elements of speech on a cellphone name or devices inside a soundtrack to assist a fair broader inhabitants.
Higher for the Surroundings
AirPods are designed to attenuate their affect on the setting. The brand new AirPods 4 design consists of the usage of 100% recycled uncommon earth parts in all magnets and 100% recycled gold within the plating of a number of printed circuit boards. The case additionally makes use of 100% recycled tin within the solder of the primary logic board and 100% recycled aluminum within the hinge. AirPods 4 are free of doubtless dangerous substances resembling mercury, BFRs, and PVC. In a primary for AirPods, 100% of the packaging is made utilizing fiber-based supplies, bringing Apple nearer to its purpose of fully eradicating plastic from all packaging by 2025. Moreover, Apple lowered the packaging quantity by greater than 30 p.c in comparison with the earlier era, which helps lower emissions from transport and transfer nearer to Apple’s dedication of changing into carbon impartial by 2030.
Pricing and Availability
- Clients can now pre-order AirPods 4 for $129 (U.S.) from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app within the U.S. and greater than 58 different nations and areas, with availability starting Friday, September 20.
- Clients can now pre-order AirPods 4 with Energetic Noise Cancellation for $179 (U.S.) from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app within the U.S. and greater than 58 different nations and areas, with availability starting Friday, September 20.
- New listening to well being options might be accessible this fall for AirPods Professional 2 clients in a free software program replace when paired with iPhone or iPad operating iOS 18 or iPadOS 18.
- AirPods Professional 2 can be found for $249 (U.S.) from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app as we speak.
- Clients can now pre-order AirPods Max with USB-C charging for $549 (U.S.) from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app within the U.S. and greater than 60 different nations and areas, with availability starting Friday, September 20.
- New subscribers can get Apple Music free for 3 months with the acquisition of any AirPods, AirPods Professional, or AirPods Max. See apple.com/promo for particulars.
- For full function performance, use AirPods 4, AirPods Professional 2, and AirPods Max paired with an Apple machine operating the newest working system software program.
- AppleCare+ for Headphones gives unparalleled service and help. This consists of limitless incidents of unintentional injury, battery service protection, and precedence help from the individuals who know AirPods greatest.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private know-how with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. As we speak, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower folks with breakthrough companies together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 workers are devoted to creating one of the best merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- The Listening to Safety function works with AirPods Professional 2 with the newest firmware when paired with a appropriate iPhone, iPad, or Mac operating the newest working system software program. The function might be accessible within the U.S. and Canada. See help.apple.com/120850 for whole attenuation and extra info.
- The Listening to Check and Listening to Support options are anticipated to be accessible fall 2024. The Listening to Support function is pending advertising authorization from international well being authorities. The Listening to Check and Listening to Support options might be supported on AirPods Professional 2 with the newest firmware paired with a appropriate iPhone or iPad with iOS 18 or iPadOS 18 and later, and are supposed for folks 18 years or older. The Listening to Support function is meant for folks with perceived gentle to average listening to loss.
- Battery life varies by use. See apple.com/batteries for particulars.
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