- Airpods Pro 3 said you get a 2026 launch, with infrared cameras
- That is later than the expected launch of 2025
- Airpods lighter max 2 claimed for 2027
Could the Pro Airpods equipped with the camera arrive earlier than expected? An expert in the reliable industry says that they will be here in 2026, not in 2027 as indicated above, and that means that the Airpods Pro 3 will later arrive than expected, given the apparent indication of its existence in the Apple code.
The expert of the industry in question is Ming-Chi Kuo, who has an enviable history of Apple precise predictions. And according to Kuo, the cameras on Airpods will be infrared and will enter into production somewhere in 2026.
As Kuo published in X, that means that Airpods “may not see significant updates until 2026”. And if you are waiting for a new Airpods Max model, you will have to wait even more.
What do we know about the next Airpods Pro and Airpods Max?
Only two days ago, Apple Extended Rumoring was getting excited about the AirPods Pro 3: An X user published a screenshot of the Apple code in “A recent version of Apple software” that apparently had its text changed from the current “Airpods Pro 2nd Generation” to Airpods Pro 2 or posterior “.
Some reports suggested that this meant that the launch of Airpods Pro 3 was imminent, possibly in the WWDC next month, thought it was always unlikely. The coldest heads indicated that a future test code could mean. And if Kuo’s predictions are correct, that seems to be what is happening here.
Kuo also says that a significant redesign of Airpods Max comes, most likely in 2027. The details are incomplete at this time, but Kuo said that a “lighter version” for mass production in 2027 was planned; The current model weighs 386g / 13.6oz compared to 250g / 8.96Oz for the recently launched Sony Wh-1000xm6.
That is not a big problem for sounds based on the couch, but my Max Airpods definitely begins to feel heavy when I use them out.
It will have been a great wait for when this true successor of Airpods Max arrives: the originals launched in December 2020.
