The rumor mill never stops a' grinding. The latest rumor on the block comes courtesy of industry analyst Ming Chi Kuo, who's taken to X to announce that yes, we're getting the AirPods Pro 3 in the second half of 2025 (likely tomorrow's Awe-dropping Apple event), but there's also a new pair coming in 2026.

Erm, what? What's the point of launching a new and improved version of something when you've only just unleashed the latest model? Tell me, Apple!

They all come at once

There are a few key points to note here. First, that Kuo flies in the face of a previous prediction he made, that we wouldn't see any new AirPods until 2026. The second is that he now believes that the 2026 update will be a more substantial update than the 2025 version

"a more significant hardware upgrade with the IR c

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