AirPods Pro 3 are shaping up to be a big update over Apple’s last generation, but not everything may be available at launch.
We’re a week away from Apple’s annual iPhone event, and leaks are still slowly dripping in. This time, it’s back to the AirPods Pro 3, which, according to 9to5Mac, may have some good and bad news for Apple audio fans. The good news, according to an anonymous leak to 9to5Mac, is that Apple’s next generation of pro wireless earbuds will actually have a rumored pair of health sensors that expand them beyond audio.
Per an anonymous tipster to 9to5Mac, those sensors are allegedly a rumored heart rate sensor that can monitor your cardiovascular health in real time—a feature that was previously projected by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. That feature, while new to AirPods, may actually be borrowed from Powerbeats Pro 2, though Beats’ version notably can’t monitor your heart rate and play music at the same time. That quirk makes the health feature less than ideal from a usability perspective, so I’m curious to see if AirPods Pro 3 manages to solve for that inconvenience.
