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Apple first launched the AirPods in December 2016, allowing users to listen to audio streamed from their iPhone or another Bluetooth device without the hassle of untangling a mess of EarPods wires.

These features arrived in October 2024 with the iOS 18.1 update. EarPods: Apple last updated the wired EarPods with a USB-C cable at the September 2023 event, they previously had a Lightning cable.