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New AirPods reportedly coming this year with ‘Hey Siri’ support, water resistant model in development

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/airpods-top-features.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Apple is working on a new version of the AirPods truly wireless earbuds for release later this year, featuring a new wireless chip and support for ‘Hey Siri’ activation, according to a report from Bloomberg today (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-22/apple-is-said-to-plan-upgrades-to-popular-airpods-headphones?utm_content=tech&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech). This is despite the fact the first-generation model (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&amp;ipn=icep&amp;toolid=20004&amp;campid=5338009567&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_odkw%3Dairpods%26_osacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2045573.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.XApple%2BAirPods.TRS0%26_nkw%3DApple%2BAirPods%26_sacat%3D0) continue to be supply constrained on Apple.com (https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMEF2AM/A/airpods), more than a year after release.</p>
<p>This would mean users would be able to interact with Siri hands-free, an improvement over the current AirPods hardware which requires an awkward double-tap gesture. The report says that Apple is also developing a future model with water resistance.</p>
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