AirPods Now Closing in on a Decade

Published: 1 month ago (December 19, 2025 at 07:18 AM EST)

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Source: MacRumors

Nine Years Since the Original AirPods

Today marks nine years since Apple launched the original AirPods. Unveiled in September 2016 alongside the iPhone 7, the wireless headphones became available on December 19, 2016, following a slight delay.

At the time, wireless headphones were already on the market but had not yet reached true …

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