Apple's AirPods are either genius or a complete disaster
 

Apple's AirPods are either genius or a complete disaster
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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's new AirPods are either genius or a disaster. After trying them out at the iPhone 7 launch, I think they might be both.

Each AirPod looks almost exactly like a regular Apple EarPod, just with the cables cut off. The bottoms of each are silver and contain the microphones. They're equipped with sensors that detect whether or **t they're in your ears — take one of them out and the music pauses; put them back in and it resumes.

SEE ALSO: Goodbye headphone jack, hello Apple Lightning EarPods


At least it's supposed to — the iPhone 7's and iPhone 7 Pluses I tried the AirPods out with never resumed playback when I put the units back in my ears. Buggy pre-release firmware? Perhaps. I suspect it may have to do with the shape of my ears, which have never been that friendly to Apple's EarPods: They constantly fall out, so I always use a pair of third-party earphones. Read more...

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