Apple took the time to unveil new features for its AirPods line, highlighting head movements to interact with Siri and spatial audio for video games
In the main event of WWDC 2024, there was time for everything. For AirPods fans and users, this event left us with future news that will concern Apple hearing aids, in particular the AirPods and AirPods Pro, the latter model benefiting more. To begin with, there are new ways to interact with Siri, renewed with Apple Intelligence. It was also presented a new voice isolation and custom spatial audio feature that will serve gamer users.
AirPods Pro will detect when you move your head to respond to Siri
This novelty makes us think about how Apple has the mind to make small details that change the experience of a product.. AirPods Pro users They will be able to make head movements to accept or reject a Siri announcement. In fact, in the short demo video, a person was seen in a full elevator responding to Siri with their head movements.
AirPods will detect our head movements to interact with Siri
They can be reject calls, interact with messages, manage notifications and much more without having to speak. That’s thanks to the H2 chip built into the smallest, most powerful AirPods on the market.
How many of us use AirPods for calls? Those from Cupertino think back to their users and show a Voice isolation feature to improve call quality. This already existed on iPhone, iPad and Mac but now reaches AirPods in the same way thanks to the H2 chip and machine learning
A person with AirPods Pro on a call
Spatial audio will improve in video games
For AirPods 3, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max users, personalized spatial audio with dynamic tracking is coming. Incredible sound but now for mobile gaming. Improved voice quality will also be available when chatting with colleagues or other players.
Spatial Audio allows the user to have surround sound in their headphones
It has incredible potential for improvement since the implementation will be accompanied by an API for developers. The immersive listening experience in games running on Apple products will be completely changed with advanced audio. As of today, the new firmware is available only to beta developers who want to test it. The final update will arrive in the fall for all users
In all probability, These functions predict something new at Apple and a new generation of AirPods. We will be very attentive to new information and rumors, since The next Apple event which will take place in September is the ideal setting to unveil new iPhones accompanied by new AirPods which will be renewed for the benefit of their users.
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