Apple is allegedly working on a redesign of its $249 AirPods Pro earbuds that " health sensors to support fitness tracking, a first for the AirPods brand.

AirPods Pro With Fitness Tracking in 2022

Well-informed Mark Gurman and Deby Wu explain in their Bloomberg piece that fitness-tracking AirPods Pro will launch in 2022.

The AirPods Pro coming next year will be the first change to that product since October 2019 and will include updated motion sensors with a focus on fitness tracking.

One of the designs Apple reportedly tested for the second-generation AirPods Pro eliminates the stems to create a more compact product.

New Entry-Level AirPods Coming This Year

Aside from fitness-tracking AirPods Pro, Apple should release a pair of entry-level AirPods (now on their second generation) in the near future.

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The third-generation AirPods should include some of the previously-rumored features, such as a shorter stem along with a design similar to the AirPods Pro.

The new base AirPods will mark the first update to the product since March 2019 and will add a new design that mostly mirrors that of the AirPods Pro. The earbuds will come with a new case and shorter stems poking out of the bottom of each one.

Apple could also add new colors to the $549 AirPods Max headphones, the report notes.

Apple Is Working on All-New Beats Earbuds

The company is also readying to launch all-new earbuds under its Beats brand, dubbed Beats Studio Buds. Leaked by 9to5Mac, the new Beats earbuds are thought to drop both stems in order to achieve a compact in-ear design similar to the Bragi Dash wireless earbuds.

These completely wireless earphones should use Apple's chip for Hey Siri, seamless pairing and device switching, and noise cancellation. Just like the AirPods, these new earbuds are said to come with a charging case.

This unannounced Beats product should debut in June.

In 2020, Apple hired Android and HTC hardware design veteran Scott Croyle to oversee Beats product design. And in 2014, Apple bought Beats Electronics along with the Beats hardware division for $3 billion, its biggest acquisition to date.