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Upon the departure of design chief Jony Ive in 2019, Apple's design team now reports directly to Williams. Speaking to the Financial Times, former Apple engineers who worked on the device described the 'huge pressure to ship.' ‌Tim Cook‌, who served as Apple's operations chief prior to becoming CEO, reportedly sided with Jeff Williams, overruling objections from Apple's designers and pressing for an early launch with a more limited product.

On the other hand, Apple's operations team wanted to ship an early version of the product in the form of a VR-focused ski goggle-like headset that allows users to watch 3D videos, perform interactive workouts, or make FaceTime calls with virtual avatars. The company's industrial design team cautioned that devices in the category were not yet ready for launch and wanted to delay until a lightweight AR glasses product had matured several years later. The timing of the mixed-reality headset's launch has apparently been a cause of considerable contention at Apple. New hearing health capabilities would not necessarily be contingent on new AirPods being released, since current models already contain speakers and microphones to support such features, and they could be pushed to existing devices via a firmware update.Īpple headset concept by David Lewis and Marcus Kane Apple's vice president of technology, Kevin Lynch, has also hinted that AirPods could be a source of additional health data in the future. Apple patent filings have described an earbud-based fitness monitoring system that integrates an advanced biometric sensor to detect physiological metrics including temperature, heart rate, perspiration levels and more, through skin contact and via built-in motion sensors. Given Apple's health objectives, he expects AirPods to take on these sorts of functions 'more officially' in the near future.Īpple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously highlighted the company's intention to add biometric health monitoring capabilities to future AirPods models. In the latest edition of his 'Power On' newsletter, Gurman said that he believes Apple will 'upgrade the AirPods to become a health tool in the next year or two,' adding 'the ability to get hearing data of some sort.'Īpple has already added several hearing-focused features to the AirPods in recent years such as Live Listen and Conversation Boost, but Gurman noted that such features are not yet FDA approved or designed to serve as a hearing aid replacement.

Apple's Conversation Boost feature on the AirPods Pro.

Macbook pro 17 inch mid 2009 battery replacement