Rumor surfaces of Apple making smart ear buds

Published Mon, May 5 20141:39 PM EDTUpdated Mon, May 5 20142:08 PM EDT

Apple's current version of the EarPods. Apple is rumored to add biometrics to their next release of EarPods.

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Is a smart ear bud in Apple's future?

All-things Apple site MacRumors found a post on anonymous website Secret, allegedly from a former Apple employee, claiming that the company is working on a set of ear buds that has, among other things, biometric sensors.

All kinds of product rumors appear on Secret, so why should this one be given any credence?

MacRumors notes that a patent Apple filed in 2007 for biometric sensors included a product drawing of something that is clearly meant to be worn in the ears.

See the whole report at MacRumors.

5/5 UPDATE: Turns out this is a hoax. The author of the post on Secret confessed that he made it up, thought it would be interpreted as a joke, and has never worked for Apple. He (?) is still remaining anonymous, though.