Apple will commercialize its third-generation AirPods by the end of 2019, announces DigiTimes, relaying information from sources close to the industry. Unsurprisingly, the Californian company wants to capitalize on the success of headphones, which have sold 35 million copies in 2018. With over 75% of market share, AirPods are in fact the best selling wireless headphones in the world. world. In 2019, Apple is expected to sell up to 50 million.
Apple could release the AirPods 3 in late 2019
According to Digitimes, these new AirPods will benefit from an active noise reduction option, a feature very popular in the headphone market. In the process, the firm would integrate a larger battery, for better autonomy.
The release of a third generation a few months after the AirPods 2 is surprising. Yet, we will remember that the AirPods 2 are in fact very similar to the first AirPods. They are distinguished only by the function "Say Siri" and their new charging box compatible with the wireless charge. We are closer to AirPods 1.0 than AirPods 2. Apple never speaks of headphones as a second generation.
Would the AirPods 3 evoked be in fact the "real" AirPods 2? A leak signed Onleaks goes in any case in this direction. According to the leaker, Apple will release new AirPods, available in several colors, during the Autonme, perhaps during the keynote of September 2019 dedicated to iPhone.
