Apple reportedly in talks to make AirPods and Beats headphones in India

Apple has asked suppliers to statesman making immoderate of its AirPods and Beats headphones successful India arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent year, according to a Nikkei Asia report Wednesday.

The talks people the company's latest effort to lower the hazard of proviso concatenation disruptions successful China owed to Covid lockdowns and accrued U.S.-China commercialized tensions. Apple was reportedly in discussions successful August to displacement immoderate of its Apple Watches, MacBooks and HomePods to Vietnam, and it announced successful September that it is assembling immoderate of its flagship iPhone 14 phones successful India.

Apple inactive relies heavy connected China for the bulk of iPhone production.

Foxconn, 1 of Apple's manufacturing partners, volition marque the Beats headphones successful India and strive to marque AirPods determination successful the future, according to the report. Luxshare Precision Industry, which produces Apple's AirPods successful Vietnam and China, volition besides assistance with AirPods accumulation efforts successful India.

Apple has been looking to summation income successful India, the world's second-largest smartphone market. And though Apple's displacement to accumulation successful India was initially aimed astatine expanding sales, it is present treating the state much similar a strategical accumulation base, according to the report.

India volition enactment to pull further concern by spending much than $30 cardinal connected its electronics proviso chain, Nikkei Asia said.

An Apple typical did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.