As the analyst warned a few hours ago that the new MacBook Pro and iMac with ARM processors would arrive this year, the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, explains that the new models of AirPods without the Pro designation but with a design similar to these, would arrive during the first half of the year. In this case it is the model that would follow the second-generation AirPods launched by Apple a few months ago and that in this sense could improve the design by adapting to the Pro that seem to be being more valued than the previous version.
AirPods with the same design
Apple's AirPods models may all end up the same except for the rumored AirPods Studio. In this case what Kuo explains in this new rumor is that Apple headphones could be adapted in design and performance to the latest model launched with noise cancellation and others to be an exclusive model of wireless earphone "in ear" so the possibility of having the supposed headband AirPods would take a little more strength.
He also explains that these new headphones could arrive during the first half of the year, this is something that seems evident considering that Apple launched the last AirPods in the month of March, so we understand that the company launches in this case the new models during the first half of next year and this one focuses on Macs, iPhones and other devices. We'll see in the end if Kuo is right and we don't have some new AirPods this year as other sources rumored.