Bloomberg Technology reporter Mark Gurman revealed in his Power On communication on March 17th that Apple's suppliers Goethe Corporation and Luxon Precision will begin producing two new fourth generation AirPods models in May this year. He expects the headphones to be released around September October. Apple plans to produce 20 to 25 million of these headphones, setting a new record for scale. The new product will replace the second and third generation AirPods. In addition, Gurman stated that the new version of AirPods Pro will be launched as soon as next year.