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Apple Reveals New Head Gestures Coming to AirPods Pro Later This Year

Apple today announced a few new features coming to AirPods Pro later this year, centering on a new ability to use head gestures in order to control the AirPods Pro. With this feature, you can nod your head up and down, or shake it left to right, in order to answer or decline a call.

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In addition to interacting with a phone call, users will be able to use Siri Interactions to respond to messages, manage notifications, and more.

There's also a new Voice Isolation feature coming to AirPods Pro that removes loud background noise around you, so that the person on the other end of a call can hear you clearly. Apple also said personalized spatial audio is expanding to gaming on tvOS this year.

Finally, AirPods users will gain access to a Personalized Spatial Audio feature with dynamic head tracking that boosts gaming experiences on connected Apple devices. This will be available on AirPods 3, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max.

Apple said that all of these features will arrive this fall.

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Top Rated Comments

Edgecrusherr Avatar
27 months ago
I hope Gam-gam wasn't calling from the bottom of a stairwell.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
27 months ago
At least we’ll only look slightly mental, nodding and shaking heads at seemingly random times in public…
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
27 months ago
How dare you turn down a call from gam gam.!
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
scrapesleon Avatar
27 months ago
Does this comes to all AirPods Pro model
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sideshowuniqueuser Avatar
27 months ago

At least we’ll only look slightly mental, nodding and shaking heads at seemingly random times in public…
I just want to know if there will be the Indian style side to side head shake?!

Nod: answer call
Shake: decline call
Bobble: take call if not spam... or...
Chucky head spin: hunt and kill caller...
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
27 months ago
Head gestures can be really useful in certain situations. The new voice isolation is also good.
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