AirPods accelerometer head tracking

by Gifamoss: Apple Inc.

Apple has been shipping AirPods with a hidden capability that they never disclosed to users. Each AirPod contains the same accelerometer found in iPhones for orientation tracking, which means it monitors your head's position in 3D space the entire time you wear them. Apple says this is only used for spatial audio, but one developer decided to point the device at to see what else it could do. The full thread is available at