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AirPods 3 With Water Resistance Expected to Launch Later This Year

Apple plans to release third-generation AirPods (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/airpods/) with water resistance in late 2019, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives. The first two generations of <!---->AirPods<!----> do not have IP-rated water or dust resistance.





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In a research note this week, shared by Philip Elmer-DeWitt (https://www.ped30.com/2019/07/08/wedbush-incrementally-positive-apple/), Ives said the new <!---->AirPods<!----> will be released in time for the holiday shopping season this year and may also feature some unspecified design enhancements. <!---->AirPods<!----> have had the same design since the original pair launched in December 2016.





This info lines up with several rumors about new <!---->AirPods<!----> launching within the next year.





Bloomberg's Mark Gurman was first to reveal Apple's roadmap for <!---->AirPods<!---->. In February 2018, he said Apple was working on new AirPods with Hey Siri support (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/22/airpods-new-version-this-year-hey-siri/), which launched in March 2019 (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/20/new-airpods-hey-siri/) after a delay. In June 2018, he reported that Apple is working on another pair of AirPods with water resistance and noise cancelation (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/06/25/gurman-higher-end-airpods/).





Gurman also reported that Apple is developing over-ear headphones (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/24/apple-over-ear-headphones-2h-2019/) with noise cancelation that could launch as early as this year. The headphones are said to be "studio quality" and will likely have Apple branding.





In April, reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ming-chi-kuo/) said two new <!---->AirPods<!----> models will likely go into mass production between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020 (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/24/kuo-two-new-airpods-models-q4-2019-q1-2020/), with one of the new models featuring an "all-new form factor design" and a "higher price" than the second-generation <!---->AirPods<!---->, which start at $159 (https://www.apple.com/shop/select-airpods).





Both new <!---->AirPods<!----> models are said to adopt a new system-in-package design internally, which can improve assembly yield rates, save space internally, and reduce costs, but Kuo did not elaborate on outward-facing design changes.





Taiwanese website DigiTimes also expects third-generation <!---->AirPods<!----> with noise cancelation to launch by the end of the year (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/24/airpods-3-noise-cancelation-to-launch-2019/).

<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: AirPods 2 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/airpods/)</div><div class="linkback">Tag: Daniel Ives (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/daniel-ives/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: AirPods (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#AirPods)</div>
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