Overview
- The selection places Apple’s new earbuds in TIME’s Consumer Electronics group within a 300‑entry issue.
- Live Translation runs on Apple Intelligence and currently supports English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish, with Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese slated by year’s end.
- An in‑ear photoplethysmography sensor tracks heart rate during workouts, and the earbuds can serve as a hearing aid if needed.
- TIME notes stronger noise reduction than the previous model, and Apple lists a US$249 price for AirPods Pro 3.
- TIME also gave Apple Watch Series 11 a Special Mention for its FDA‑cleared hypertension detection feature.