AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) With USB Type-C Port to Launch by Q3 2023: Ming-Chi Kuo

AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) — the corporate’s successor to the primary era AirPods Pro that had been launched in 2019 — could possibly be launched as a brand new mannequin with a USB Type-C port later this 12 months. According to data shared by an trade analyst, the Cupertino firm could possibly be engaged on a brand new AirPods Pro mannequin that contains a USB Type-C charging port, in contrast to the present mannequin that options the corporate’s proprietary Lightning port. Apple can also be rumoured to launch its subsequent era of smartphones, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro lineup outfitted with USB Type-C ports.

TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has beforehand leaked particulars of a number of Apple merchandise, states that Apple plans to launch a brand new model of the second-generation AirPods Pro with a USB Type-C port. Kuo was responding through a quote tweet to a tipster who claimed that iOS 16.4 contained references to new AirPods with the mannequin quantity A3048 and a brand new AirPods case that bears the mannequin quantity A2968.

 If the analyst’s prediction is correct, the AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) that had been launched in September 2022 alongside the iPhone 14 collection of smartphones, could possibly be obtainable in a brand new mannequin with a USB Type-C port later this 12 months. Kuo states that the brand new AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) mannequin may enter mass manufacturing by the second or third quarter of this 12 months.

This isn’t the primary Apple product to change the Lightning port in favour of a USB Type-C port — the corporate has already outfitted latest iPad fashions with help for a contemporary USB connector, similar to the Siri Remote for the Apple TV. According to rumours, the corporate can also be more likely to equip its iPhone 15 fashions with USB Type-C ports after they debut later this 12 months.

The Cupertino firm has beforehand refreshed its first era AirPods Pro mannequin up to now with a MagSafe suitable charging case, however prospects needed to buy a brand new pair of AirPods Pro — and never simply the charging case. There’s no phrase on whether or not Apple additionally plans on updating different equipment, such because the AirPods (third Gen) and AirPods Max, with USB Type-C ports.