AirPods 2: Release date, new features and everything else you need to know about Apple's latest wireless iPhone earphones

Apple's long-rumoured, much-hyped new AirPods are on their way. And they could be as big a change as when the wires dropped out of Apple's existing headphones and they were first born. Introduced in 2016, the two truly wireless earphones haven't been updated since. They came with a wide range of futuristic features – but a range of rumours have swirled around them about new updates, that would bring new and even more futuristic features. The AirPods are actually two (or three) different things: the case that protects them and the earphones that sit inside.