Leaked Icon Offers First Look at Apple's High-End Over-Ear Headphones [Image]

Two icons representing light and dark versions of Apple's rumored over-ear headphones have been found in an early build of iOS 14, reports 9to5Mac.

The two icons discovered by 9to5Mac give us the clearest picture to date of how high-end, over-ear Apple headphones will look. These glyphs are used in iOS 14 to represent the unreleased headphones throughout the operating system including Apple’s battery and charging status widget.

Based on the icons, it appears likely that the headphones will come in white and perhaps space gray or black.


Back in February 2018, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple was working on its 'own-brand, high-end over-ear headphones' with an 'all-new design'; however, in March 2018, Bloomberg said the headphones were facing development challenges. In January 2020, Kuo once again predicted high-end Bluetooth headphones for release this year.

The icons were found in a December 2019 build of iOS 14 which will likely get released to developers in June and launch this fall. It's unclear when Apple plans to unveil the new over-ear headphones but its new Powerbeats4 earphones appear to be just around the corner.

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