DigiTimes: health-tracking AirPods are supposedly on their way in the first half of 2019

Taiwanese merchandise publication DigiTimes ran a study this morn which alleged that an AirPods revision amongst built-in wellness sensors could endure on its agency inward the induce one-half of this year.

From the report:

In price of wireless headsets, Apple is laid to unloosen AirPods ii old inward the induce one-half of 2019, as well as the novel wireless earbuds amongst discrete designs to bear wellness monitoring functions are expected to have enthusiastic marketplace responses.

There already are around third-party earphones amongst built-in wellness sensors on the market, of course, exactly Apple’s plainly been working on i of these, too.

This flake well-nigh Apple Watch as well as AirPods sales is also interesting:

Bolstered yesteryear strong year-end buying regard inward 2018, Apple saw its revenues from Apple Watch as well as AirPods during advertisement campaigns shoot upward 50% on twelvemonth from 2017, demonstrating slap-up sales potentials for wearable devices inward 2019, the sources said.

Curiously, Apple was late granted a patent for wireless earbuds amongst wellness sensors that are capable of tracking the user’s view charge per unit of measurement as well as touchstone their torso temperature.

Apple’s patent for earbuds amongst built-in wellness sensors

At whatsoever rate, beingness able to piece of occupation out without wearing my spotter exactly yet accept my view charge per unit of measurement tracked should endure a prissy selling signal for an upcoming AirPods revision, no inquiry well-nigh it.

In November, an AirPods revision received Bluetooth SIG certification, indicating that the adjacent AirPods should build it inward a affair of months, maybe fifty-fifty inward the spring.

Revered Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo late predicted these AirPods changes:

AirPods 2

• Wireless charging: Yes
• Bluetooth 5.0: Yes
• Apple wireless chip: Yes
• More extended range: Yes
• Hey Siri: No
• Noise cancellation: No
• Sweat resistance: No
• New design: No
• Release date: induce one-half of 2019

AirPods 3

• Wireless charging: Yes
• Bluetooth 5.0: Yes
• Apple wireless chip: Yes
• More extended range: Yes
• Hey Siri: Yes
• Noise cancellation: Yes
• Sweat resistance: Yes
• New design: Yes
• Release date: around fourth dimension inward 2020

Both models should run Apple’s W-series wireless chip.

Competition inward the wearable marketplace is well-nigh to oestrus upward equally other build vendors accept all planned to launch wireless headsets inward 2019, including Apple’s rivals Google as well as Amazon.

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