All language subtitles for [English (United States)] How AirPods Pro 2 will Change Wireless Audio FOREVER

It’s been over 4 years since Apple walked
out on stage and revealed the original AirPods

while simultaneously removing the headphone
jack from their iPhone, causing a huge wave

of upset customers, but little did they know
that Apple would single-handedly change the

headphone world forever.

And it got even better when Apple released
their AirPods Pro back in 2019 which were

so good that they’re still an excellent
value over two years later.

And in 2020, AirPods were so popular that
just AirPods sales alone made more revenue

than the entire Nvidia and AMD companies combined!

But now, it seems that Apple has finally hit
a technological wall with their new AirPods

3, which according to Apple’s Vice president
of acoustics, Gary Geaves, are built entirely

with custom-made components in the name of
having the best possible sound quality.

But the big issue is that no amount of custom
hardware can surpass the limitations of the

software, with Gary saying that Apple has
been using a number of tricks to get around

some of the limits of Bluetooth, which the
AirPods rely on.

So when WhatHiFi interviewed Gary and asked
him if Bluetooth was holding back the AirPods,

he said quote.. “It’s fair to say that
we would like more bandwidth and.. I’ll

stop right there. We would like more bandwidth.”

So in my opinion, Gary was about to reveal
a huge secret about their future plans for

the AirPods that had to do with gaining access
to more bandwidth.. But unfortunately for

us.. He stopped himself.

And if you’re wondering why Apple would
want more bandwidth, it’s because they want

to change the world of wireless audio forever..
Again. Let me explain..

Just a couple of days ago, Apple finally achieved
their goal of making their entire Apple Music

catalog available in Lossless.

And if you don’t already know what that
is, it’s basically a form of compression

that preserves all of the original data within
the audio file, essentially what the artist

intended their song to sound like.

So there’s no doubt that Apple put in a
LOT of work to update every single song in

their Apple Music catalog with Lossless support,
but there’s one major issue.

The hundreds of millions of AirPods that Apple
has sold over the years, unfortunately, do

not support Lossless audio because Bluetooth
doesn’t support high-bandwidth audio, so

if you want to listen to Lossless audio right
now on your iPhone, you have to use the built-in

speakers or the 3.5mm headphone jack adapter
with some other form of wired headphones.

So because of that major oof, combined with
the fact that Apple has put in so much work

into Lossless audio along with Gary Geaves
thoughts on needing more bandwidth on the

AirPods, I made a prediction late last year
that Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 would come with

Lossless audio support at the end of 2022.

And then a couple of days later, Ming-chi
Kuo came out and said the same exact thing,

but then adding that the AirPods Pro 2 will
come with a new design and a sound-emitting

case in the 4th quarter of 2022, which I also
agree with.

And if you think Lossless isn’t a big deal,
I made a video 7 months ago detailing how

Apple just killed Tidal with their Lossless
Apple Music because Apple is offering high-res

audio at no additional cost for as low as
$5 a month for Students compared to Tidal’s

HiFi plan which used to cost $20 a month.

And because of that pressure to compete, Tidal
dropped the price to $10 a month and is now

offering an ad-supported free tier, and it
got even worse in December when Tidal offered

3 months of HiFi streaming for just $1, which
to me, sounds like they’re getting HiFi

desperate.

So with all of that said, it’s time to get
into how Apple can pull off Lossless audio

on their future AirPods devices and more.

Well, there is the option of adopting Qualcomm’s
new aptX Lossless format which apparently

works over Bluetooth, but I think it makes
sense for Apple to not have to rely on another

company that’ll likely charge royalty fees,
and to me, it makes the most sense to completely

ditch Bluetooth and move over to a totally
new standard for the future.

And in my opinion, that standard is gonna
be ultra wide-band technology, thanks to a

tweet from Scoble on Twitter pointing to Apple
replacing Bluetooth with Ultra-Wideband.

And if that sounds familiar, it should, because
Apple has already been working with Ultrawideband

technology, like for example, enabling people
to use their iPhones as their car keys, or

allowing people to hand music off to their
HomePod just by bringing their iPhone up close

to it.

And the reason this works is that every iPhone
since the iPhone 11 has come with an Apple

U1 ultra wideband chip built-in, as well as
both the Apple Watch Series 6 and Series 7.

And over 2 years ago, a lot of people were
questioning why the iPhone 11 got the U1 chip

because for a long time, it really didn’t
do anything.

But I personally believe that Apple was already
planning on replacing Bluetooth with ultrawideband

in the near future, so they gave their iPhones
the U1 chip years early so that when the AirPods

Pro 2 with Lossless audio finally come out,
the feature would be available to more people

at launch, not just people with brand new
iPhones, which is genius!

So with that said, let me explain how Ultrawideband
tech works and give you some proof for why

Apple would want to use it in the future.

Ultrawideband is extremely similar to Bluetooth,
in that it’s a radio technology that creates

a data connection between two devices while
using low power consumption, but the difference

is that it can transfer data at a much higher
speed.

For example, Bluetooth has a maximum transfer
speed of around 2 Megabits per second, vastly

less than the 9.2 megabits per second required
for Apple’s Hi-Res Lossless audio, compared

to Ultrawideband which can hit a maximum of
675 Megabits per second.

And the reason for that is because Ultrawideband
can utilize huge 500MHz-wide radio channels,

compared to Bluetooth’s 2MHz channels.

And the beauty of Ultrawideband is that it
also lowers latency, which is probably the

most annoying thing about using Bluetooth.

Not only that but it suffers from less interference
because it uses different bands, and apparently,

it’s even more energy-efficient than Bluetooth,
which is a huge win for Apple.

And according to this chart, it also has much
better security than Bluetooth, using a 32-bit

CRC.

I also found some very interesting details
about ultrawideband within a document from

Memsen Corpotion, where they said that using
UWB allows them to offer instant file-sharing

to their clients, while also having very low
battery power consumption compared to bluetooth.

And even better, they said that UWB has an
effective range of up to 25 meters compared

to only 10 using bluetooth.

So with that said, it seems like Ultrawideband
is better in every single way, so the big

question is, why is nobody really using it
yet?

Well, the big reason is that there’s a lack
of existing infrastructure as well as a lack

of adoption, since basically every computer
in the world is built to work with Bluetooth,

and almost all devices use Bluetooth as well,
so there hasn’t been a very good reason

for anyone to switch to a new standard.

But Apple is in a very good position because
they’re one of the only companies that create

both their own devices like iPhones, Apple
Watches and AirPods, while at the same time

creating custom chips inside of them, and
creating their own software as well.

And since they’ve been putting their U1
Ultrawideband chip into every iPhone since

the iPhone 11, all they would have to do is
release new AirPods with the same U1 chip

or an updated U2 chip, and then simply release
new software to use it, and bam, a perfectly

working Ultrawideband ecosystem.

And what I mean by the ecosystem is that Apple
can use it for Lossless Apple music with AirPods.

They can use it for high-speed Airdrop transfers
without requiring WiFi. They can use it for

precise location tracking of missing AirPods
or other devices. They can use it to hand

off music to a HomePod. They can use it as
a car key for the future Apple car. They can

use it to enable a true smart home where your
front door unlocks as you approach it, and

your lights and devices automatically turn
on as you walk into each room in your house.

And all of that is just the beginning of what
Apple can do with ultrawideband tech.

So with all of that said, let me wrap up with
the proof that Apple is gonna move forward

with Ultrawideband tech for the future of
AirPods, starting with the AirPods Pro 2 later

this year.

First off, the Vice President of Acoustics
at Apple said they want more bandwidth than

Bluetooth can offer, with the main incentive
being that Apple can enable Lossless Audio

support, which Ming-chi Kuo already said is
coming this year with the AirPods Pro 2.

And the only realistic option is gonna be
Ultrawidebanch because WiFi uses too much

power, and UWB actually uses less power than
Bluetooth, while also having lower latency,

further effective range and much higher bandwidth.

And seeing as Apple has been packing their
most popular devices like their iPhones and

Apple Watches with their U1 chip, the infrastructure
is already set in stone and ready for Apple

to make the switch by releasing AirPods with
the U1 chip built-in.

So in reality, all of the puzzle pieces line
up, and if Apple succeeds, which I think they

will, then they’ll surely change the wireless
audio world forever since the rest of the

market will follow in Apple’s footsteps
and adopt Ultrawideband as the new standard

to replace bluetooth.

So there you guys go, hopefully you learned
something new, and if you’re excited to

listen to Lossless audio with your AirPods
later this year, comment your thoughts down

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