AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) With USB Type-C Port May Launch by Q3 2023: Kuo

AirPods Professional (2nd Gen) — the corporate’s successor to the primary technology AirPods Professional that had been launched in 2019 — may very well be launched as a brand new mannequin with a USB Sort-C port later this yr. In line with data shared by an trade analyst, the Cupertino firm may very well be engaged on a brand new AirPods Professional mannequin that encompasses a USB Sort-C charging port, not like the present mannequin that options the corporate’s proprietary Lightning port. Apple can also be rumoured to launch its subsequent technology of smartphones, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional lineup outfitted with USB Sort-C ports.

TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has beforehand leaked particulars of a number of Apple merchandise, states that Apple plans to launch a brand new model of the second-generation AirPods Professional with a USB Sort-C port. Kuo was responding by way of a quote tweet to a tipster who claimed that iOS 16.4 contained references to new AirPods with the mannequin quantity A3048 and a brand new AirPods case that bears the mannequin quantity A2968.

 If the analyst’s prediction is correct, the AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) that had been launched in September 2022 alongside the iPhone 14 sequence of smartphones, may very well be accessible in a brand new mannequin with a USB Sort-C port later this yr. Kuo states that the brand new AirPods Professional (2nd Gen) mannequin may enter mass manufacturing by the second or third quarter of this yr.

This isn’t the primary Apple product to change the Lightning port in favour of a USB Sort-C port — the corporate has already outfitted current iPad fashions with help for a contemporary USB connector, similar to the Siri Distant for the Apple TV. In line with rumours, the corporate can also be prone to equip its iPhone 15 fashions with USB Sort-C ports after they debut later this yr.

The Cupertino firm has beforehand refreshed its first technology AirPods Professional mannequin up to now with a MagSafe suitable charging case, however clients needed to buy a brand new pair of AirPods Professional — and never simply the charging case. There is no phrase on whether or not Apple additionally plans on updating different equipment, such because the AirPods (third Gen) and AirPods Max, with USB Sort-C ports.