Apple today announced several new features coming to AirPods Pro later this year, focusing on the new ability to use head gestures to control ‌AirPods Pro‌. With this feature, you can nod your head up and down or shake it from left to right to answer or reject a call.


In addition to interacting with a phone call, users will be able to use Siri Interactions to reply to messages, manage notifications, and more.

Also coming to ‌AirPods Pro‌ is a new Voice Isolation feature that removes loud background noise around you so the person on the other end of the call can hear you clearly. Apple also said that personalized surround sound is expanding to gaming on tvOS this year.

Finally, AirPods users get access to Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking that enhances gaming experiences on connected Apple devices. This will be available on AirPods 3, ‌AirPods Pro‌ and AirPods Max.

Apple said all of these features will arrive this fall.

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