On the popular gossip platform Secret, which allows users to share 'secrets' anonymously, a former Apple employee has leaked the information that the technology major is working on 'smart EarPods' for its next-generation handset, likely to be called 'iPhone 6.'

According to the leak on the Secret app, the new iPhone 6 model will feature smart EarPods, which will be advanced headphones boasting a horde of features, such as the ability to track heart rate and blood pressure. The EarPods will also be equipped with iBeacon, to enable the users to easily and quickly locate the EarPods if they get misplaced around the house.

The unidentified poster of the leak has also asserted that the smart EarPods will also be capable of storing the data "in a similar way to thumbprint point data, fully encrypted and nothing identifiable."

Despite the fact that the anonymous Secret poster's 'smart EarPods' claims have not yet been officially confirmed, the leaked information is consistent with a 2007 patent which Apple had filed - with the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office - for "integrated sensors for tracking performance metrics."

Moreover, in a kind of substantiation of the leak, the International Business Times has reported: "Apple's new EarPods will have sensors in them, for heart rate & blood pressure. Also iBeacons so they don't get lost. They will require the lightning port, it's why the audio jack was moved to the bottom."