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Notes on the sensors in your AirPods, which models can actually do this, and how the options in this category differ once you get past the marketing. Written by the people building Poise, so where we have a stake in the answer we say so on the page.

Compatibility · 25 August 2026

Which AirPods work with posture apps?

The full model list, including the four Beats models everyone gets wrong, plus a one-minute test for the pair you already own.

How it works · 25 August 2026

How AirPods track your head position

What the accelerometer and gyroscope in each earbud measure, why the reading is relative rather than absolute, and what the sensors genuinely cannot see.

Comparison · 25 August 2026

Poise vs posture correctors

Braces hold your shoulders. Poise nudges your head and leaves the holding to you. Where each one wins, what each costs, and what neither can see.