AirPods
includes AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, AirPods Pro 2
5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 20, 2024 by Kara Swisher · said 82 times in 31 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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brought up most by Alex Kantrowitz (46), Ranjan Roy (21), M.G. Siegler (4), Kara Swisher (2), Joanna Stern (2), Vlad Tenev (1), Saagar Enjeti (1), Ryan Broderick (1)
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2026 38 mentions in 11 episodes 3 per episode
- Dario’s Choice and Anthropic’s Future, Apple’s AI Devices, Netflix Loses WBD
- The Allure of AI Love + Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? — With Joanna Stern
- OpenAI’s $50 Billion Fundraise, AI Advertising Game Theory, Apple’s AI Wearable Pin
- Did Apple (Finally) Get AI Right At WWDC?, Anthropic’s Worry, Microsoft vs. OpenAI
- Apple After Tim Cook, OpenAI’s New Mojo, Meta’s Internal Tracking Escapade
- Who Wins The AI Superapp Battle?, Apple’s Consumer AI Victory, World Cup Automation Mistake
- Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, WWDC Preview, Anthropic Files To Go Public
- Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 34 mentions in 14 episodes 2 per episode
- Apple’s AI 'Gap Year' at WWDC?, Elon Vs. Trump Goes Nuclear, NYTimes’ OpenAI Attack
- Do We Care About The iPhone Air?, Nepal's Discord Revolution, San Francisco’s 996 Culture
- AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers
- Tariffs Impact on Tech Stocks: A Black Swan Event? — With Adam Parker of Trivariate Research
- OpenAI's Jony Ive Moment, Anthropic's Big New Model, Google In AI Mode
- The Web’s ‘Existential’ AI Threat, OpenAI’s Microsoft Office Competitor, Tesla Robotaxi Launch
- Amazon's Panos Panay: The Reality of Building Alexa Plus and AI Assistants
- Sora 2 & AI’s Slop Era, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap
- 6 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- iPhone16 Arrives + Apple Intelligence Delays
- Kara Swisher Rates Tech Leaders
- Is Generative AI Plateauing?, Booming Bluesky, Apple’s Smart Glasses Play
- Fear Buying AI & Automation Stocks — With Downtown Josh Brown
- Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on Dumb Money, Day Trading, and Retirement
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about AirPods, oldest first
Apr 20, 2024 neutral
Jun 30, 2025 bullish
Mar 4, 2026 bullish
Siegler: AI AirPods will likely be Apple's most successful wearable
“If I had to guess, I would think that the AirPods would probably be the most successful just because you and I are wearing them right now. Everyone's wearing them out and about like they're a known thing as long as they don't look entirely ridiculous and diffe…”
Apr 21, 2026 positive
Stern: Cook's legacy is the iPhone ecosystem moat and operational execution
“There's like two main things that I think I'd come up with. One, building around the iPhone. Taking that moat and just building so much around it. AirPods, Apple Watch, Just extending that ecosystem to so many things. And then I think the operations and becomi…”
Jun 8, 2026 neutral
Siegler: Apple will not show glasses, foldables, or AirPods at WWDC
“They're not going to show off the new glasses. They're not going to show off the fold. The AirPods like are maybe the closest, you know, thing that we have to an AI device. It's likely ready, more ready to roll. I just be shocked if they do that.”