According to reports by Apple insider and 9to5mac, counterfeit AirPods and AirPods Pro continue to circulate in the market, and even second-hand websites have seen a lot of counterfeit goods. The AirPods are almost identical to the real thing, so it’s hard to tell if they’re real or not.
We’ve already seen what iOS 16 can do at Apple’s fall event, and rumor has it that as soon as iOS 16 is officially launched, you can take advantage of Apple’s iOS 16 update to introduce new features to identify counterfeit AirPods and AirPods Pro, regardless of which pipeline you buy them from to check their authenticity.
According to Apple’s system documentation code, after the system update to iOS 16, iPhones and iPads will warn users when they try to pair fake AirPods: “These headphones cannot be verified as genuine AirPods and are not functioning as expected.
It is said that this feature of iOS 16 does not affect third-party wireless headphones, but mainly detects counterfeit AirPods that try to cheat Apple. iOS 16 RC version has been released by Apple, which helps users to pair AirPods with iPhone and iPad, warning and alerting users to the real and fake AirPods and AirPods Pro, and those who want to buy People who want to buy AirPods will also be able to test them on their iPhone before paying for them.
However, this new feature is not yet available on the official website, so we don’t know if Apple will support this feature when it launches iOS 16, so we suggest users to buy directly from Apple authorized resellers or official website or physical stores, which is the safest and most guaranteed way to avoid buying fake products.
