Apple’s next AirPods Pro may check your hearing health and take your temperature
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CNDE)
AirPods Pro may be getting new hearing health features. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Some AirPods will be gaining a new hearing health feature, supported by iOS 17, that can check yourself for potential hearing issues and may be able to determine your body temperature via your ear canal, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in today's Power On newsletter. He also says all of Apple's new headphones will include USB-C, and that the company is planning new AirPods Pro and AirPods Max models - but he doesn't think new hardware is coming soon.
AirPods already support audiograms - audio profiles that tell the AirPods where your hearing may be weakest so that they can tune themselves to your hearing abilities. Right now, you can generate an audiogram using the app Mimi, which Apple would be Sherlocking - an infamous Apple...