During last week’s It’s GlowTime event, Apple announced that iOS 18 will include a feature allowing users with mild to moderate hearing loss to use AirPods as hearing aids. But Apple was still waiting on approval from the FDA — approval that was announced just a couple days later. The FDA described this as the […]

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I can’t recall another consumer electronics product category becoming a commodity as quickly as Bluetooth earbuds. Apple’s AirPods played a key role in that growth, of course, recapturing a kind of excitement not seen in consumer music tech since the original iPod. AirPods’ fundamentals haven’t changed much in the eight years since they debuted. The […]

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