Apple glossed over AirPods' new custom EQ - but it's a big deal
This year's WWDC is packed with announcements, including customization to the Liquid Glass display, substantial upgrades to Siri, and more intuitive device functionality.
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If you're an avid AirPods user, there's one announcement that may excite you, but speakers breezed past it, offering hardly any details. Still, Apple promised a real equalizer in iOS 27, finally giving users the opportunity to customize the sound of their AirPods.
Apple didn't say much about the equalizer, but a brief animation showed a graphic EQ, with options to create a custom EQ profile or choose Apple's recommended EQ settings. Users can adjust lows, mids, and highs, though it's unclear how precise the equalizer will be.
Previously, Apple had full faith in its headphones' sound profile, vowing that its sound engineers crafted AirPods to sound as best as...
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