With the arrival of iOS 26you will not only see changes to your iPhone, but other accessories and devices, such as AirPods. They will also suffer Newsand quite interesting, so today we are going to see the 6 we already know, although they could end up being more.
It must be remembered that this system will not arrive until September, at least officially, and that everything we are seeing comes from a beta, which can already be tested, but that we do not recommend installing if you do not have a secondary device, because you could suffer errors and problems.
News of the Airpods in iOS 26
Some of these novelties are available for all headphones models, while others are exclusive to certain versions, so it will depend on the type of them you have, the changes you will see.
- Study quality recording: Available on AirPods 4 and Airpods Pro 2, it allows high quality audio to be recorded with background noise isolation, a significant improvement with respect to the current one.
- Remote camera control: You can start or stop photos and videos from the Airpods by holding the headset, ideal to take a distance photo without the need for an external or timer gadget.
- Improvement in call quality: The H2 chip improves the clarity and naturalness of the voice in telephone calls and apps such as Facetime or Zoom. We will really have to see that difference, but everything that is to improve is good, however little.
- Interface to update firmware: iOS 26 adds a new section in settings that allows you to manage firmware updates for airpods. Until now it was something automatic, and we could not select, ourselves, if we wanted, or not.
- Automatic sleeping pause: If you detect that you have fallen asleep, the audio stops automatically. It also works with beats, saving battery and devices useful life, as well as improving sleep quality, without waking up for noise.
- Avoid automatic audio change to the car: New adjustment so that the sound does not pass to the Bluetooth speakers in the car while using the airpods. It is very annoying that many users asked.
As we said, we may see other types of novelties that Apple has not told us for now, although we understand that they will be minor, and that they will not have a great impact on the update, however, they will improve our experience with these headphones that, despite being expensive, offer us a difficult quality to match other brands, especially in synchronization with the apple ecosystem.
In short, with iOS 26 Airpods models gain functions that can really make a difference in day-to-day. Some are small improvements, others more notable, but all aim to polish the experience and make it more comfortable. It still remains to be seen if all this comes as in the final version, but it looks quite well. If you usually use the airpods often, you will surely notice these changes. And if not, it may be a good time to give them more use. And you, what do you think? Leave us a comment with your experience with them, and what would you improve.
