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Originally Posted by tomsem
Interesting that it does away with Lightning, I assume to accommodate Android users. These won’t have head tracking, no accelerometer it seems, but they have dual-element diaphragm driver, so they might sound a little better than AirPods Pro (one would hope).
I wonder how the ‘on-ear controls’ work. I’m guessing it’s a button on each side that you push, maybe with a little haptic feedback. I never liked original AirPods, where there are no buttons, and calibrating the required tap is tricky.
And will it support Conversation Boost?
Speaking of SA, I keep reading weird things like the Music app will have head tracking for AirPods Pro & Max. What for? I can only imagine it is for watching music videos.
Also it looks like Apple Music for Android needs an update to support SA/Lossless. I wonder if it will ever support AirPlay? It does support Chromecast.
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Good questions. From what I saw in some reviews, both EarPods have a single button with short push and long push capability.
Not sure about Conversation Boost. They are noise cancelling and that is the key to boosting a conversation. Exactly what Apple's Conversation Boost feature adds is anyone's guess.
I too am confused over why they need head tracking. The SA music format is merely an audio format based on Atmos, from what I’ve read. In order for it to work correctly with music, the artists/recording studio have to specifically incorporate it into the songs they record. I see no reason to track head movement, especially with headsets on. I really don't see any reason to track head movement with video either.
Regardless, from the comments I’ve read in other forums, SA sounds okay in most songs that were specifically recorded to take advantage of it. It depends on how well the artist/studio designed the SA portions. But many are saying that non-SA songs sound bad in many cases. Hopefully Apple will allow users to set it up where SA will be used only for SA songs, rather than try to convert all songs to it on the fly. The ATV 4K does much better when you set it up to use Dolby Vision or HDR10 only when the content is in HDR. If you force all content to be displayed in Dolby Vision, you get some really bad stuff on the screen sometimes, including menus that are way too bright. So hopefully Apple with allow flexibility in the use of SA similar to the way they do with Dolby Vision on the ATV 4K.