Health: the next Apple Airpods will monitor your temperature?

Apple has decided to integrate medical sensors into its next AirPods. According Bloomberg, the Cupertino company wants to integrate a system to take the temperature of the user. It would seem that the ear canal is a reliable place to measure this data. Phew, we were a little scared of what this might entail when we saw the information pass… If we were conspiratorial, we could imagine a dystopian future with an alert transmitted directly to the authorities in case of fever… Fortunately, we don’t don’t eat that bread and we voted right in the last election, so it’s fine.

 Apple’s next-gen AirPods will feature a temperature sensor and can test users hearing according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman

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Hello Tonton, why are you coughing?

The other novelty is the hearing aid. No, it’s not a question of transforming the Airpods into Sonotone (although…), but of carrying out tests to identify any hearing loss. This would involve emitting low or high pitched sounds and then deducing whether the user’s ear is healthy. This is not the first time that Apple has ventured into this field since in 2021, the American firm launched Conversation Boost, a feature to help people with mild hearing impairments better hear the conversations of people with hearing impairments. surroundings. Apple takes this aspect seriously and has hired many experts in this field. It must be said that the market for hearing aids represents billions of dollars. Not mad apple!

All-in on USB-C

Finally, Apple continues its evolution by gradually abandoning its Lightning socket to switch to USB-C. Good news. Finally, note that the next AirPods will offer advanced compatibility with Vision Pro headsets. We can’t wait to find out how…