Re:Apple Watch momentum is building
by wlesieutre on Sunday October 04, 2020 @07:50PM
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Even if it's physically possible in the standard AirPods, they might still put it in Power Beats for branding reasons, since those are the more fitness-focused headphones.
Then a year or two down the line, it could make its way down to regular AirPods if the size/cost isn't an issue.
Breath tracking is pure software, offloaded to the phone, opt-in to auto activate when in exercise mode.
I think we'll see both in the next few iterations, the fitness push is huge and the temperature monitoring would be timely. We'll see.