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Apple's iPhone audio chip partner hints at noise-cancelling iPhone earbuds

In a recent earnings call, Cirrus Logic, Apple's long-time audio chip partner, indicated that noise-cancelling technology may soon make its way to Apple's products. Apple wasn't named directly, but Cirrus has shown a solution for noise-cancelling headphones to a number of its partners, and there are "several new products" coming to market in the second half of 2016 which might include the technology. This may even include a new set of EarPods to be packaged, or at least launched alongside, the iPhone 7. From Seeking Alpha's transcript of Cirrus Logic's earnings call: I'm excited and I think everybody we've shown the noise canceling headset solution to is excited about the possibilities. There are definitely people considering putting that in box, but as I said in response to one of the earlier questions, anytime you're considering a new form factor, there's lots and lots of people that get involved that pretty much any customer and things move around a fair amount. It should b...<br clear='all'/>

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