Apple quietly discontinues the Beats Pill Plus, its last battery-powered speaker
Apple appears to have quietly discontinued the Beats Pill Plus, with the portable wireless speaker no longer appearing on either Apple or Beats' websites, as spotted by 9to5Mac.
Originally released in 2015, the Pill Plus was the first speaker released under the Beats brand since the music company was purchased by Apple for $3 billion back in 2014. A more refined version of the original Beats Pill speaker, the Pill Plus was an Apple-ified version of the original product, with sleeker monochromatic color options and the addition of a Lightning port for charging.
Apple and Beats would continue to go on to build out Beats' lineup of headphones over the intervening half-decade, with products like recent Beats Fit Pro or Powerbeats earbuds,...