Apple announced the Airpods Pro (2nd generation) at the beginning of September, bringing with them a similar design to their predecessors but a new chip, better noise cancellation and new volume touch controls. 

As a proud new owner of AirPods or AirPods Pro, you're likely learning all the different tips and tricks out there to get the most out of your Apple earbuds. And after using them all day, you'll probably want to see how much life they have left. Luckily, you can easily check the battery percentage of AirPods with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

In-ear headphones are a category that most people have a stake in. Whether you use them in the gym, for travel, commuting or just prefer them to chunkier over ears for casual listening, they're a small and convenient form factor for getting music into your ears.

Apple's AirPods are excellent wireless headphones, offering some great convenience features for iOS users, like auto switching between devices, one-tap connecting and announcing notifications and calls. 

Apple's latest AirPods Pro haven't been on store shelves long, but we've already spotted a tasty discount on the newest members of Apple's earphone family this Black Friday. 

The EE Pocket-lint Awards are back for a 19th year and celebrate the best devices and products across 20 main categories.

Sometimes you need to rename your AirPods. Maybe you want to be able to tell one pair from another pair you own, or you recently acquired a used pair and want to change the name. Whatever the reason may be, you can easily change the name of your AirPods using your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. And, yes, you can rename any AirPods model, from the Pro to the Max. 

Trying to figure out how to connect your AirPods to a Chromebook? Or how to disconnect them? AirPods pair very seamlessly with Apple products, but with other devices from other manufacturers, such as Chromebooks, it might not seem so intuitive. Luckily, it is in fact easy to pair AirPods with a Chromebook - or any laptop for that matter - via the laptop's Bluetooth settings menu. Pocket-lint has detailed every step, regardless of your AirPods model and which manufacturer produces your Chromebook.

When Apple released the second-generation AirPods Pro with more powerful noise cancellation, it also launched a new charging case that has a speaker. It's supposed to make the so-called AirPods Pro 2 easier to find, as the case can emit sounds when you're tracking it down with Apple's Find My app. But the other sounds it can make might get irritating after a while. 

Apple announced the next generation of its AirPods Pro during an event in September, and with them, came the launch of a number of features, including Personalised Spatial Audio. 

Apple has introduced a new pair of AirPods Pro. The new version features an upgraded built-in processor, and custom drivers as well as new Spatial Audio. 

Apple is holding an event on 7 September and it is expected to be a busy one.

Apple changed the game when it released the first pair of AirPods, making true wireless earbuds mainstream overnight, and you'll likely see a few pairs walking down any busy street in capital cities around the world.

We put headphones on perhaps one of the dirtiest areas on our bodies: Our ears. They get sweaty and gunked up with wax and need to be cleaned. If you own a pair of AirPods, AirPods Pro, or even AirPods Max, you might've noticed some build-up on them, but perhaps you're worried about damaging your Apple device by putting water or chemical cleaners on them. They are, after all, pricey. Who knows what will affect them? Well, Apple does, and it has released support documentation for customers looking to safely clean their earbuds and headphones. Here are the official steps, straight from Apple.

Next year, Apple could introduce a new version of the AirPods with a charging case that supports USB-C, according to well-respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. But that means this year's earbuds case would have Lightning.

Apple-owned Beats has teamed up with Kim Kardashian to release a themed pair of Beats Fit Pro wireless earbuds called Beats Fit Pro True Wireless Earbuds - Kim K Special Edition. The new Beats x Kim collab is available in very on-brand-for-Kim neutral colours that can either "blend in or stand out" because they're flesh-toned, according to Kardashian.

One of the coolest aspects of Apple’s AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max is how easy they are to find them if you lose them. It's a benefit of being an embedded user in the Apple ecosystem. You can locate them from an Apple device such as an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, or you can use the web from any device. It's incredibly easy and takes mere seconds. So, if you misplaced your headphones or think they've been swiped, have no fear. 

If you own a pair of AirPods or AirPods Pro, then you know the wireless earbuds seamlessly work within Apple’s product ecosystem. But that doesn't mean you're not wondering how to connect them to a Mac computer. But no worries. Pairing your Apple earbuds with a Mac is still relatively easy and quick to do. Pocket-lint has detailed every step of the process, whether you’re using a MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, and so on.

Apple AirPods are super convenient for iPhone users, offering one-tap connection and some great features like switching automatically between your Apple devices. They work with Android phones too though.

Apple's AirPods offer a number of features, from sharing audio to automatically switching between Apple devices. There's also the Announce Notifications feature, though, which sees Siri read out incoming messages, calls and notifications when you have compatible AirPods - or compatible Beats headphones - in your ears, or you are driving a car that supports CarPlay.

Whether you agree with the polarising design or not, Apple's AirPods became an overnight phenomenon back in 2017. Since then, those in-ear wireless buds have gone on to become the number one sellers in the world – and you only have to head to any city street to see how many people are wearing a pair.

The Black Friday 2022 sales are almost here and there are some amazing savings to be had already, including a great discount on Beats' awesome workout earphones: the Powerbeats Pro. 

The EE Pocket-lint Awards are almost upon us, where we celebrate the best devices, services and products from the last 12 months. There are 20 main categories in total, with each one offering six nominations.

The Shortlist for the EE Pocket-lint Awards has been announced, with nominees across 20 main categories, from phones and cameras to cars and games.

Apple revealed the third generation of its standard AirPods some two-and-a-half years after the second-generation wireless headphones were announced. It's been a bit of a wait, but there's been plenty of other output in the meantime - such as the active noise-cancelling (ANC) capable AirPods Pro arriving in 2020.

Apple has announced the third generation of its standard AirPods, which feature the company's Spatial Audio technology, already present on the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.

Apple will release the AirPods Pro 2 in Q3 2022 with a slew of minor upgrades.

The Apple AirPods Max is the company's first over-ear headphones in the AirPods range, complete with active noise-cancelling (ANC) and many of the same technologies as found on the in-ear AirPods Pro.

Several features will be arriving for Apple's AirPods when the iOS 15 software launches later this year, including proper support for the company's Find My network.

If the latest reports are true, Apple has a bunch of new hardware announcements planned for the next six months or so. 

Apple typically updates its popular products annually, and the AirPods lineup is no different. There have been plenty of leaks, from images to purported specs, about the next-generation AirPods and AirPods Pro. But a new report is looking even further, to the 2022 updates.

Apple's yet-to-be-announced Beats Studio Buds have appeared in regulatory filings, beta code, image leaks, and now... on LeBron James.

Apple-owned Beats has been rumoured to be developing a new pair of wireless earbuds called Beats Studio Buds. They were even recently spotted in US Federal Communication Commission filings. Now, real-life images of the earbuds have surfaced online.

Apple-owned Beats appears to be readying a new pair of high-end earbuds, as evident by US Federal Communications Commission filings.

Apple-owned Beats appears to be readying a new pair of high-end earbuds, as evident by leaks coming from Apple's beta software.

According to a new rumour, Apple will launch the AirPods 3 next week.

Apple and Samsung both offer their own wireless earphones. Apple's earbuds come in the form of the AirPods, which now come in two flavours: regular and Pro. Samsung has multiple models too, but its bog-standard set is the Galaxy Buds.

Apple-owned Beats' offers the Powerbeats Pro, which have many of the same features as the second generation of Apple's AirPods and the AirPods Pro but with a few design differences.

Apple's next generation of standard AirPods have been the subject of the rumour mill for some time, but the latest leak gives us a very good indication of what they might look like.

Apple's Find My app allows users to locate their devices, as well as their friends and set their own location preferences. The release of iOS 14.5 will bring support for Beats PowerBeats Pro headphones in the devices section though.

It's safe to say that the TWS (or True Wireless) earbuds market has grown phenomenally over the past few years. Thanks mostly to the huge popularity of Apple's AirPods and AirPods Pro. 

Apple announced spatial audio at WWDC 2020, a virtualised surround sound system with a trick up its sleeve - directional anchoring.

These could be the third-generation of Apple's standard AirPods. At first glance, they look like the AirPods Pro. But they don't have the moulded tips and are more like a halfway house between the Pros and the AirPods 2.

Apple's AirPods Pro have received a great price drop in the US and UK. In the US, they're down to around $180 and in the UK they're around the £199 mark.

It's long been rumoured that Apple is working on successors to the AirPods and AirPods Pro, but the latest report supports  previous claims we might see them earlier this year than what was initially expected.

Apple will celebrate the Lunar New Year by launching a special edition of its AirPods Pro, featuring an emoji engraving to mark the Year of the Ox. 

We got the long-expected but still surprising release of Apple's AirPods Max last month. but there are a couple of problems with the new headphones - the high price and weighty materials.

Apple has launched a pair of high-end, wireless over-ear headphones called AirPods Max. The over-ear headphones aren't Beats headphones. Instead, they're Apple 'branded' although they don't have huge logos on them or anything as you can see - indeed, they don't appear to have any Apple logos on at all, much like other AirPods. 

Apple has unveiled its noise cancelling over-ear headphones, but with a different name to the one we expected.

There is a strange, last minute nugget of speculation doing the rounds that suggests Apple will finally unveil long-rumoured AirPods Studio over-ear headphones this week - maybe even later today.

Although Apple recently hosted three different events, it reportedly might have another product announcement up its sleeve. According to MacRumors, which saw an "internal memo" from Apple, the company appears to be planning something for 8 December 2020.

Apple is developing new versions of the AirPods and AirPods Pro, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Debby Wu, who are well-known for scooping Apple. They claim both wireless earbuds will reportedly be updated soon with fresh designs and improved wireless chips.

Apple apparently isn't finished with introducing new hardware in 2020. The Cupertino company held an event in September and October, and now, it might unveil two more devices by the end of the year.

Apple might not announce new headphones next week.

Apple has released a firmware update - called 3A283 - for the AirPods Pro that appears to introduce support for Spatial Audio, a new feature expected to go live with iOS 14. The update adds a Spatial Audio option to the Control Center, but it currently requires the ‌iOS 14‌ beta update to use it.

There was once a time where it was nearly impossible to find AirPods deals - that's no longer the case. Now, however, they're regularly discounted at retailers like Walmart, Target, and Amazon.

Apple's third generation of its wireless earphones are expected to be released in early 2021 and a recent report suggests they will take on a new design similar to the AirPods Pro.

Apple's used its WWDC event to announce some exciting changes coming to its AirPods range via firmware updates - principally, spatial audio for the AirPods Pro, and automatic switching for all models.

Apple's AirPods Studio over-ear headphones have reportedly gone into production and will be released imminently.

Apple's wireless Powerbeats Pro might soon be available in four new bright colours, if newly leaked images shared by WinFuture are indeed legit. The images reveal the headphones will come in in red, pink, light blue, and yellow. 

Apple's new over-ear headphones are set to incorporate numerous innovative technologies. The headphones are set to be called AirPods Studio - taking a cue from the Beats Studio series of over-ear headphones - and will include active noise cancellation as suspected and are set to cost $349/£349. 

Apple likely isn't going to announce a new pair of AirPods this year, contrary to recent reporting.

There's no doubt that Apple's AirPods are one of the big tech success stories of recent years. And it appears that Apple is determined to keep up the pace of its success with a third-generation version of the standard AirPods. 

There's long been talk that Apple is planning on expanding its AirPods family to move into high-end over-ear headphones. New information suggests that these headphones will be modular in nature, potentially with a customisable design.

More details have emerged on the Apple-branded headphones that have been rumoured for some time yet look set to be launched during 2020. 

You might not think Apple is a headphone company, but it makes simple earbuds, the wireless AirPods and AirPods Pro, and it owns Beats. Now, it looks like it might launch yet another headphone product, rounding out its growing portfolio.