AirPods 5 just pulled off the impossible for Apple — more features, lower price
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Apple adding features while cutting AirPods 5 price is a margin bet on volume and ecosystem lock-in — the ear becomes a default compute and notification surface. If you build consumer experiences, assume more users will have capable, always-on audio hardware and design flows that don’t require a screen.
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