9to5Mac<\/a> caveats \u2014 in fact maybe none of them will. Most are new, though some have been rumored before.<\/p>\nHead Gestures<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll know already that on AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4, you can nod or shake your head to accept or decline a call, for instance. Very handy in a crowded elevator, for instance, even if it does make you look a bit weird.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s reported that new head gestures will include extending the volume adjustment during Conversation Awareness. It\u2019s not clear what the gesture might be \u2014 there are only so many ways you can tip, twist or move your head.<\/p>\n
Studio Quality Microphone Mode<\/p>\n
If you haven\u2019t tried Audio Mix on the iPhone, it\u2019s great. When you record a video, the iPhone can separate different sections of the audio so you can boost voices or create discrete audio effects.<\/p>\n
It looks like the AirPods could create a microphone mode that\u2019s studio quality. We\u2019ll have to see what this means.<\/p>\n
Sleep Recognition<\/p>\n
If you fall asleep while listening to something, a new feature can spot this and pause playback, it\u2019s claimed. This is especially useful if you\u2019re listening to an audiobook and you wake up to hear the AirPods revealing the denouement of a novel when you fell asleep ages ago.<\/p>\n
Camera Control<\/p>\n
Clicking an AirPod stem could trigger the iPhone camera, it\u2019s thought. This is good. It\u2019s something that was possible years ago with EarPods when you could squeeze the control on the cable.<\/p>\n
Classroom Support<\/p>\n
Finally, the report claims that the pairing experience for AirPods when connecting to shared iPads could be improved.<\/p>\n
Despite the report, I\u2019m not sure all the above will be announced. AirPods tend to get their moment in the sun during the iPhone event in the fall. Even so, it\u2019s possible some of them will feature in the keynote or those screens showing \u201call the features we haven\u2019t had time to show you,\u201d for analysts to spot later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Apple announces the new software updates for the iPhone at the keynote for next Monday\u2019s World Wide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[14583,67846,1662,1667,1666,547,67845,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-161105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-airpods","9":"tag-airpods-upgrade","10":"tag-apple","11":"tag-ipad","12":"tag-iphone","13":"tag-mobile","14":"tag-new-features","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114632613162624572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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