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For a number of weeks or months before yesterday's conference, speculations circulated across the Internet that Apple would present a new generation of AirPods. In the end, the new wireless headphones from the Apple workshop did not show up, but even so yesterday, AirPods 2 appeared for a brief moment and together with them, the company also highlighted one of their main functions.

In the introductory video, which served as a kind of parody of Mission Impossible, the main actress used the voice command "Hey Siri" through AirPods. The virtual assistant then asked about the fastest way to the Steve Jobs Theater. However, the current generation of AirPods does not support the aforementioned voice command, and to activate Siri, you need to tap one of the headphones (unless another shortcut is selected in the settings).

This is what AirPods 2 should look like:

The "Hey Siri" function has been speculated several times in connection with the new AirPods. Together with water resistance and support for wireless charging, it should be one of the main novelties of the second generation. So it's quite likely that Apple has AirPods 2 more or less ready. The reason for the delay is possible problems with the AirPower wireless charger, which the company introduced a year ago, but still she didn't start sell.

It is still possible that both AirPods 2 and AirPower will make their debut this year. Both products could be presented at the autumn conference, where the new iPad Pro with Face ID and a cheaper version of the MacBook as a successor to the MacBook Air should also be revealed. The news could go on sale before the Christmas shopping season. But whether this will actually be the case, we can only speculate for now.

AirPods' "Hey Siri" feature is used at 0:42:

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