![]() And yet it provides the situational awareness that comes with hearing what’s around you. ![]() When I’m dealing with busy streets and traffic, the Adaptive Transparency mode delivers on its promise to reduce super loud noises like honking cars, construction, and sirens. It’s an experience where I leverage just about everything the new AirPods Pro 2nd Gen has to offer. Riding around a city–Philadelphia, to be precise–is a good place to start with this review. They just happen to work better in my ears, staying put even when I’m running or riding around Philly’s sometimes bumpy streets on a OneWheel (a form of electric unicycle that rides like a snowboard). ![]() This is, of course, a purely subjective experience. It worked for me using the medium-size ear tip that comes pre-installed, while with the original design, none of the tips worked well enough for me to achieve a secure fit. While it is designed so multiple people can watch a movie or TV show together, you can also use it for a solo session.īefore I get into how the new AirPods Pro 2nd Gen performs in terms of sound, it’s worth noting that while they look the same as their predecessor, I found the new model stays put in a way the original AirPods Pro would not. What Apple does offer is 48 kHz cinema-quality audio using Apple SharePlay, which is available on Apple TV. The reason is that Bluetooth cannot reliably support that much bandwidth, and the company does not want to offer a feature that only works sometimes. One feature some had hoped for, lossless wireless audio, is not present. I did enjoy the easy connection and fast device switching between my iOS devices, which are an iPad Pro 13″, iPhone 13 Pro Max, and an iPhone 14 that Apple loaned me for the purpose of reviewing the headphones and accessing all the features. And yes, I also used them with my Android phone, a Galaxy S21 Ultra. When at home, I connected them to my work laptop, a MacBook Pro. They are explicitly compatible with a wide array of Apple products, ranging from Apple TV 4K to iPads and MacBooks to iMacs. After it’s done, you can easily use them with non-Apple devices. However, the setup is just a one-time thing. If you don’t take that step, you’ll still hear spatial audio, it just won’t be as seamless and precise as the optimized experience. The only catch to the personalization is that you need to set up the AirPods Pro 2nd Gen on an iOS device to fully take advantage. That means these earbuds play Atmos 3D immersive sound more accurately, whether from movies or shows or even music mixed in Atmos–I tested this using both Apple Music and Tidal. By modeling the shape of your ear, Apple can create what’s known as an HRTF (head-related transfer function) which is key to creating the audio illusion of sound coming from the space around you, instead of just inside your head. This feature enhances the immersive audio playback capabilities of these earbuds. Now let’s talk about personalized spatial audio. Charging the earbuds themselves is quick, you get 1 hour of playback with a 5-minute charge. You can use the Apple Watch charger to wirelessly charge the case, giving you a total of 30 hours of noise cancellation playtime before you need to find a USB charger. Oh, and Apple offers free custom case engraving if you buy through their store.īattery life is slightly better than the first-generation Pros: It is around 6 hours with noise canceling enabled and 7 hours without. You can also now attach a lanyard to the case. There’s a built-in speaker that helps you find it, precision location tracking, and a blinking LED for when it is dark. This splash-proof rating extends to the MagSafe charging case, which also got a major update. ![]() These earbuds carry an IPX4 rating–you can use them to jog in the rain, but not to go swimming. They also have a new higher-performance driver, a new amplifier to match it, capacitive touch-sensitive control including volume adjustment via swiping (with haptic feedback), and even a new extra-small (XS) ear tip to ensure a good fit for more buyers. The AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) have a new chip, the H2, which has over one billion transistors. When it comes to performance and features, it’s what’s inside the iconic white enclosures that counts, and the new model is packed with technology that takes the AirPods experience to a higher level.Īpple’s newest earbuds are true wireless IEMs that feature advanced spatial audio, noise cancellation, and transparency mode functions. They represent a sizeable upgrade over the originals, even if they look largely the same. With a couple of weeks of hands-on experience, I can attest that the company’s newest true wireless flagship earbuds are a technological tour de force. Now, after three years of wait, Apple offers the AirPods Pro 2nd Generation ($249). AirPods and AirPods Pro together constitute the most successful line of wireless earbuds in the world.
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