In the months before Apple released AirPods Pro in October 2019, the company has considered renamed this wireless earphone to AirPods Extreme.As far as we know, at least one member of Apples leadership team has proposed the name AirPods Extreme, but after many employees opposed, the company finally decided to use the AirPods Pro brand.
Apple has used the "Extreme" brand for the Airport Extreme router and Mac wireless network card that has been discontinued in the past. The product was first released in 2003.
AirPods Pro is more in line with brand positioning of multiple product lines.In addition to AirPods, Apple also offers ordinary and Pro version of iPhone, iPad, and Mac. In the future, the ordinary version of the Apple Vision Pro headset may be launched.However, Apple has also used some other suffix for high -end products for many years, such as AirPods Max and Apple Watch Ultra.
In September 2022, Apple released the second generation of AirPods Pro, and one year later, this headset was updated, adding USB-C charging boxes and other functions.According to rumors, the third -generation AirPods Pro will be released in 2025.