AirPods Professional with USB-C are supposedly on the best way

Apple might quickly launch a USB-C model of its second-gen AirPods Professional. That’s based on Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who believes the corporate might begin transport the earbuds with a USB-C case through the second and third quarters of this yr.

This apparently doesn’t apply to Apple’s commonplace AirPod fashions, although, as Kuo notes that the corporate “at the moment seems to don’t have any plans for USB-C variations of the AirPods 2 & 3.” Kuo hinted on the change in response to a tweet from Twitter user @aaronp613, who noticed references to a brand new AirPods mannequin quantity (A3048), together with a brand new AirPods case mannequin quantity (A29680) in iOS 16.4.

Apple launched its second-gen AirPods Pros final September, which comes with a Lightning port and compatibility with MagSafe, Qi, and Apple Watch chargers. The corporate additionally launched a few different new options with the case, together with a speaker that emits a noise when finding them with the Discover My app, in addition to a built-in loop the place you may connect a lanyard.