Inside Apple’s secret audio labs where AirPods Pro 2 became hearing aids

AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
“We don’t let cameras in this place normally. And so it’s a little bit of an out-of-body experience for everybody,” John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple, told ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis in an exclusive interview from inside Apple’s secret audio labs i a segment that aired Monday on “Good Morning America.”
The Apple section of the show starts at 25:50 and runs through 30:18:

Rebecca Jarvis, Taylor Dunn, and Zunaira Zaki for ABC News:
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Inside are the company’s multiple audio labs where engineers have been validating and fine-tuning the new hearing aid feature that will give the Apple AirPods Pro 2 wireless earbuds the ability to become FDA-cleared hearing aids.
In an exclusive announcement on “GMA,” Apple said the software update for the AirPods Pro 2 will be available in about a week, which, along with the hearing aid, includes a hearing test and hearing protection functionality.
The development could be a game changer, considering about 1.5 billion people around the world experience some kind of hearing loss, according to the World Health Organization.
Jarvis got an inside look at Apple’s audio labs, marking the first-time television cameras have been allowed inside.

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