AirPods are good for your (hearing) health

For years, we’ve heard that over-the-counter proceeding immunodeficiency were astir to beryllium amazing. They’d look similar headphones and look wholly socially inconspicuous; they’d beryllium capable to assistance you tune the dependable astir you to precisely your needs successful each situation. It’s a bully idea, but we haven’t seen overmuch merchandise to backmost it up. With a caller bundle update coming to Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 earbuds adjacent week, it each mightiness beryllium starting to travel true.

On this occurrence of The Vergecast, The Verge’s Chris Welch takes america done his acquisition with Apple’s caller proceeding wellness features, including the amazingly aggravated and affectional proceeding trial you tin instrumentality close connected your phone. We speech astir the changing societal norms of headphones, what it means that Apple is present processing practically each dependable you perceive nary substance what, and whether features similar these are coming to different brands and headphones soon.

But earlier that, we person different wellness and wellness taxable to discuss: astute rings. The Verge’s Victoria Song spent months wearing and testing 2 handfuls of astute rings successful bid to spot which 1 was the best. She shares her findings, the reactions she’s gotten to her caller communicative connected the subject, and the caller Oura ring that mightiness conscionable beryllium the caller champion choice.

After each the wearables talk, we instrumentality a question from the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 oregon email vergecast@theverge.com!) connected a taxable we’ve each thought astir before: wherefore doesn’t idiosyncratic conscionable bargain Nintendo? The Verge’s Andrew Webster explains wherefore Nintendo is truthful hard to fig out, wherefore any company would beryllium thrilled to bargain it, and wherefore that’s astir apt ne'er going to happen. Then, conscionable for fun, we ideate a satellite successful which Apple buys the company. Would it beryllium a triumph for everyone involved? Or anyone involved?

If you privation to cognize much astir everything we sermon successful this episode, present are immoderate links to get you started, opening with astute rings:

And connected the AirPods’ proceeding wellness features:

And connected Apple / Nintendo: