Basketball player LeBron James is spotted before a game with an unannounced Apple Beats Pill speaker
It's been a while since we've heard any news about Beats portable speakers. But suddenly they were mentioned by the famous basketball player LeBron James, in whose hands journalists noticed an unannounced model.
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Ahead of the NBA playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers team posted a video on social media showing LeBron James arriving at the Ball Arena in Denver. And in his hands he is holding what appears to be a new Beats Pill model.
The original Beats Pill wireless speaker debuted back in 2012 - before Apple acquired Beats Electronics. Since then, the manufacturer has released several updates to the model. The latest version was the updated Pill+ with a Lightning connector, which Apple introduced in 2015. The Pill+ was quietly discontinued in 2022.
The speaker held by LeBron James clearly shows the Beats logo and features a strap that wasn't present on previous versions.
If this is indeed the new Beats Pill speaker being prepared for official announcement, we should expect a USB-C port like recent Apple gadgets and significant improvements, as it's been almost 9 years since the last model was released.