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 in accordance with Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who believes the corporate might begin delivery the earbuds with a USB-C case in the course of 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 “presently 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 consumer @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 Execs 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’ll be able to connect a lanyard.