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Taking a step towards their full potential.

Apples AirPods are getting Live Listen, a feature originally used for hearing aids. And its a baby step towards a future for iPhone and AirPods that hints at the next big thing for Apple later this year. Apple's AirPods will get Live Listen, a effective feature that makes it easier to hear conversations in noisy places. The addition of Live Listen to the AirPods was first reported by TechCrunch earlier on Tuesday. Live Listen has been around since 2014, but only on select Apple-certified hearing aids.

Apple's Live Listen feature

Fundamentally, Live Listen turns your iPhone into a microphone. For example, if you're in a crowded place, points your iPhones microphones at the person across the table from you, or even slides it over, and you'll hear what they have to say in your hearing aid or, soon, your Apple AirPods.

No wonder that Apple, which famously prefers being right to being first, has been slow to push nontraditional uses of the AirPods. With the addition of Live Listen, though, it means that Apple is still right on track to bring so-called audible computing to the masses, even if it's happening slower than some would like.

Live Listen is one little feature, but it's one that points to a bold new future for Apple, where your headphones actually help you do things you couldn't before. You may just have to wait till later this year to know all about it.