AirPods advance closer to the Pro model with redesign and stand-out spatial audio

Apple hardly needs any ‘third time lucky’ well wishes for its new AirPods 3. It’s estimated that around 200 million pairs of the true wireless earbuds have been sold in the four years since their arrival – roughly half the number of official Rubik’s Cubes (the best-selling toy ever) that have been sold over four decades, to put it in perspective.

While brand affinity has naturally played its rather large part in this, there’s no denying the AirPods’ success has also been down to Apple’s flawless ‘it just works’ technology – and the third-generation AirPods are the latest incarnation of that ethos, with a stand-out feature thrown in as a final flourish.
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