Apple has now quietly discontinued two products. The Beats Pill+ and the Beddit sleep monitor are no longer available on the company's website.
Beddit, the Apple-owned sleep monitoring service, launched the Beddit Sleep Monitor 3.5 in late 2018, about a year and a half after acquiring the company. Three years later, it is no longer being sold. As 9to5Mac found out, the product listings for the Beddit hardware have disappeared from Apple's website in the US and some other countries. Before it was taken off sale, the Beddit sleep monitor was available for $149.95. While it's no longer available directly from Apple, it can still be purchased from third-party retailers while supplies last. For now, the Beddit companion app is still listed on the App Store and will likely remain there for quite a while for customers who already own the hardware. The same fate has befallen another hardware product Apple previously sold. The Beats Pill+, made by subsidiary Beats, is also no longer available for purchase from Apple.
Beats Pill+: Will Apple introduce a new speaker?
The Bluetooth speaker was previously listed on both Apple's online store and the Beats website, but has since been removed from the list. This means that the product list on the Beats website no longer includes speakers, but only earphones and headphones. Beats Pill+ was introduced in 2015 as Beats' first Bluetooth speaker since Apple took over. Priced at around 200 euros, it was a medium-sized speaker that could be charged via Lightning. It is not known whether either subsidiary will launch new products to replace the recent departures. In the case of Beddit, Apple has been looking for ways to improve sleep tracking, but has not progressed further in terms of hardware than the sleep tracking features built into the Apple Watch. It is now suspected that the focus in terms of sleep monitoring will be on future Apple Watch models. (Photo by Unsplash / blocks)
