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Airfoods, Computers and Processors: Apple Announces New Products

The technology giant held another virtual announcement event tonight, entitled "Unleashed" - and introduced new products.

Among the announcements: the next generation of Airfoods, new MacBook models and two upgraded processors.

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Yinon Ben Shoshan

Monday, 18 October 2021, 20:20 Updated: 22:12

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(Photo: Apple)

Tonight, Apple held a virtual event - its second in a month - under the title "Unleashed", in which it announced the next generation of Airpods, new processors and two MacBook models in a new design.

The event tonight comes about a year and a half after the company announced that it would gradually abandon the use of Intel processors.

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Airfoods 3

After more than a year of leaks and rumors, Apple tonight announced the third generation of its wireless headphones.

The new version comes in a completely new design - with elements of the pro version and a shorter "stump" (the small leg that protrudes outside the ears).

In AirPods 3, Apple has integrated the H1 chip, which is also found in the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max models, and ensures an improvement in audio quality with the Spatial Audio feature that simulates a cinematic sound feel.

In addition, the company also improved the sounds and bass levels.

Although you will not find an active noise filtering system here that will disconnect you from the environment, Apple has incorporated in the new headphones a system for filtering wind noise during a call, along with an AAC-ELD encoder that will improve the sound quality and sound quality during FaceTime calls.

(Photo: Apple)

Also, the new headphones are water and sweat resistant to the IPX standard - splashes and splashes of liquids.

In the battery life segment, the AirPods 3 will come with 6 hours of listening, with along with the case a total of about 30 hours of music can be listened to.

However, for the first time Apple is adding wireless charging support to headphones via MagSafe.

Prices and availability

• Price: $ 179 (NIS 576)

• The headphones will be available for purchase starting October 26th

• Pre-booking will open tomorrow morning

New processors and two MacBook models

Apple took another step tonight that frees it up even more from using Intel processors.

The company announced the Apple Pro and Apple M1 M1 Max - the next generation family of Apple Silicon chip architecture coming 5 aircraft. The main difference between the two versions is in the memory and the graphics core.

By comparison, according to the company, the new chips perform quickly know Up to 70 percent compared to the M1, the previous generation processor, and Apple promises up to seven times faster graphics performance than its competitors - and this of course refers to PC models.

(Photo: Apple)

As expected, Apple has also unveiled two new MacBook models equipped with the new chips - a 16-inch MacBook Pro and a 14-inch MacBook Pro.

The new models come with a Liquid Retina XDR display in mini-LED technology, including support for a refresh rate of 120 Hz.

The magnetic connector also returns (Photo: Apple)

In the design segment, Apple is going back a bit.

The new models incorporate the MagSafe magnetic connector - which it parted ways with in 2016, alongside three Thunderbolt connections, a memory card reader and an HDMI input.

At the same time, as in the iPhone series, the camera is in a recess that occupies part of the screen surface.

HomePod Mini in new colors (Photo: Apple)

Home food in new colors and a music package

Apple opened the event tonight with a new program, Voice Plan, in the Apple Music service at a cost of $ 4.99.

Now, Apple will allow users in 17 countries - not including Israel - to join the service and listen to music using a voice command only through the company's voice assistant, Siri.

Alongside this, the HomePod Mini, Apple's smart and discounted speaker, gets a little refresh and will now come in three more colors to choose from - blue, orange and yellow.

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