How the new AirPods Pro hearing features were developed

Apple has let cameras in to its usually secret audio testing facility, revealing a spherical 50-speaker array that was used in creating the hearing test in AirPods Pro 2.

Two wireless earbuds with silicone tips rest on a black surface.
AirPods Pro 2

Early reviewers of the hearing test in the AirPods Pro 2 have unanimously called it impressive, and it will be coming to users by the end of October 2024. Ahead of that launch, Apple let ABC show “Good Morning America” into its testing facility known as Fantasia Lab.

“We don’t let cameras in this place normally,” John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple told ABC. “And so it’s a little bit of an out-of-body experience for everybody.”

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