AirPods Pro 3 rumors, Apple acquisition strategies
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🗓️ 28 August 2025
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time
- AirPods Pro 3 just got the launch update we were all hoping for: report
- Rumor: AirPods Pro 3 design will borrow two changes from AirPods 4
- Apple still debating Mistral and Perplexity M&A amid looming Google Search shakeup
- Eddy Cue wanted Apple to acquire two big companies, but Tim Cook said no
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Thursday, August 28, 2025. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.3 | We are sponsored this week by BMX, Better Mobile Experience. |
| 0:14.6 | Leading off today, reporting around the timing of AirPods Pro 3 has been all over the place in the past year, |
| 0:20.8 | with some sources like Ming Chi |
| 0:22.3 | Quo saying we shouldn't expect them until 2026, but now Bloomberg's Mark German has good news |
| 0:28.2 | for those waiting on a new version of AirPods Pro. Mark says that we should expect AirPods |
| 0:33.6 | Pro 3 to debut sometime before the end of this year, the most likely outcome being |
| 0:38.6 | that AirPods Pro 3 launch in a couple weeks alongside the iPhone 17. |
| 0:43.4 | There's also some evidence in code for iOS 26 that corroborates this late 2025 timing. |
| 0:49.9 | We've also gotten some new rumors about some changes to expect with AirPods Pro 3. |
| 0:54.6 | A new leak says that AirPods Pro 3 will feature a smaller charging case, similar to how the |
| 1:00.6 | charging case got smaller when Apple launched AirPods 4 last year. |
| 1:04.5 | Apple is also reportedly planning to replace the physical button on the back of the AirPods |
| 1:09.5 | Pro case with a new capacitive button. |
| 1:12.4 | This is also a change Apple made to AirPods 4 last year. |
| 1:15.6 | When you open the AirPods 4 case and the status light appears on the front, you can double |
| 1:20.1 | tap the front of the case to initiate pairing with your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, instead of long |
| 1:25.2 | pressing the physical button on the back. |
| 1:27.4 | This is a small change, |
| 1:28.5 | but one that's designed to improve durability of the AirPods case by removing one of the moving |
| 1:34.0 | parts. AirPods Pro 3 are also expected to feature the next generation H3 audio chip, a change that |
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