AirPods Pro 2 Engravings Appear in iOS During Pairing and Connecting

Customers who personalize their second-generation AirPods Pro charging case with an engraving will now have that engraving reflected directly on iOS as they pair and connect their AirPods Pro.

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Apple allows customers to personalize their AirPods Pro charging case with a special engraving that can include select emojis and Memojis. Unlike before, starting with the second-generation AirPods Pro, that engraving is now reflected on the digital case on iOS as a user pairs and connects their AirPods Pro.

The second-generation AirPods Pro began arriving to customers today. The new AirPods Pro include better Active Noise Cancellation, the new H2 chip, and an updated charging case with deeper Find My integration and a lanyard loop.

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IIGS User Avatar
39 months ago
That's really neat.
Score: 55 Votes (Like | Disagree)
cicalinarrot Avatar
39 months ago
That's both perfectly useless and incredible attention to detail.
Score: 50 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kuwxman Avatar
39 months ago
IMO, the engravings are weird...but not gonna lie, that little touch of detail is pretty sick.
Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tRYSIS3 Avatar
39 months ago
Awww, those are the little details only Apple does!
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
macsplusmacs Avatar
39 months ago

So that's what the iOS team was working on instead of fixing bugs before iOS 16 release.
No.

That's not what they were working on.

Try again.
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macsplusmacs Avatar
39 months ago
Very nice touch.

Well done.
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