iOS 13.2 beta reveals that AirPods with noise-canceling are coming

Ro, 03 October 2019

Every now and then we hear about a variant of Apple's AirPods with noise-canceling coming up but this is probably the first solid evidence we got. A few lines of code and a glyph in the just released iOS 13.2 beta reveals that they are on the way.

iOS 13.2 beta suggests of AirPods variant with noise-canceling

The new AirPods will look exactly very much like the original EarPods, sans the wires and with an added aperture for the extra microphone.

iOS 13.2 beta also gives out that the upcoming noise-canceling AirPods can work in two modes - with NC turned on or off. Their model code is also confirmed - B298.

Source

Reader comments

Anonymous
06 Oct 2019
Nxp

You are confusing noise isolating and active noise cancellation. Noise isolating is just a bung to try to block outside sounds from the ear canal. Active noise cancellation monitors the exterior noise and plays its phase-inverse to completely mask ...

afronoia
05 Oct 2019
U}}

I used Jabra Active Wired, see it at ebay.com/p/1725619757. Not even $20 but music sounds amazing and great for phone calls because of its noise-cancelation.