{"id":26373,"date":"2024-09-18T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/?p=26373\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:08:55","slug":"ios-18-rc-confirms-apple-testing-new-health-sensors-wireless-earbuds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/ios-18-rc-confirms-apple-testing-new-health-sensors-wireless-earbuds\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 18 RC confirms that Apple has been testing new health sensors in its wireless earbuds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 9 2024<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26374\" src=\"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-09-18_140738-269x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"200\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/09\/09\/ios-18-rc-update-and-more-betas-now-available-for-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">With the launch of iOS 18 RC on Monday<\/a>,\u00a0<em>9to5Mac<\/em>\u00a0has found evidence to confirm that Apple has indeed been testing new health sensors in its wireless earbuds. Code corroborates rumors about a new generation of AirPods Pro coming next year with such sensors.\u00a0<em>9to5Mac<\/em>\u00a0has also obtained more exclusive details from our sources.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-new-health-sensor-coming-to-apple-s-airpods-pro-3-and-next-generation-powerbeats-pro\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New health sensor coming to Apple\u2019s AirPods Pro 3 and next generation Powerbeats Pro<\/h2>\n<p>According to rumors, Apple has been working on a lot of health-related features for the next generation of AirPods Pro, which is expected to be announced in 2025. iOS 18.0 RC seems to confirm just that.<\/p>\n<p>Code found in the latest beta refers to new wireless earbuds with a heart-rate sensor. \u201cWear both earbuds during workouts to track and send your heart rate to Apple Health. Manage in Bluetooth settings,\u201d the string reads. The string is part of a system component that manages the setup of Apple\u2019s wireless headphones, such as AirPods and Beats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>Although this is the only string found in the system,\u00a0<em>9to5Mac\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0sources (the same ones who confirmed precise details about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/09\/06\/iphone-16-pro-4k-120fps-video-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPhone 16<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/09\/06\/apple-watch-series-10-ecg-water-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Watch Series 10<\/a>\u00a0last week) have just revealed more details about what to expect from this technology.<\/p>\n<p>According to our reliable sources, AirPods Pro 3 won\u2019t be the only earbuds to feature the new health sensor. Apple also has plans to add the same heart-rate sensor to the next generation of Powerbeats Pro.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/09\/04\/powerbeats-pro-2-teaser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The company has been teasing the launch of the Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025<\/a>. While we can only see a new design in the first images, there\u2019s a chance that these new earbuds will also feature a new health sensor to measure heart rate during workouts. Users will have the option to turn off the heart-rate sensor for privacy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-airpods-pro-3-also-coming-next-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">AirPods Pro 3 also coming next year<\/h2>\n<p>During its \u201cIt\u2019s Glowtime\u201d event earlier today, Apple unveiled the new AirPods 4 in two versions, one of which has active noise cancellation. However, updates for the AirPods Pro are not expected until 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-10-25\/apple-airpods-plans-4th-generation-low-end-3rd-generation-pro-and-usb-c-max\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bloomberg\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Mark Gurman previously reported<\/a>\u00a0that the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/08\/12\/airpods-pro-3-heres-everything-we-know-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AirPods Pro 3 will get a new design and chip that will enable such health features<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether Apple will unveil Powerbeats Pro 2 with new built-in health features before AirPods Pro 3, or whether the company will announce both earbuds at the same time next year.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/09\/09\/apple-testing-health-sensors-earbuds\/\">Apple has been testing health sensors in its wireless earbuds (9to5mac.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 9 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[609],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industrial-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26376,"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26373\/revisions\/26376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}