Apple released the first AirPods back in December 2016, and in three short years, it has become the best selling earbuds in the world. At the end of last year, Apple released the next generation of AirPods, AirPods Pro. It came with a lot of new exciting features, and most people think it will replace the predecessors. In 2020, If you are looking for a portable noise-canceling earbuds that can be worn while driving, reading even sleeping, Apple AirPods Pro definitely will appear on the top of your watchlist. Here we point out the top five best features AirPods Pro has:
Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation
Audio Transparency Mode
Audio Sharing Between Two Pairs of AirPods Pro
Use One AirPod At a Time
Water Resistance
Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation
AirPods Pro is the first Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) earbuds built by Apple. ANC greatly improves the listening experience, no matter if you are in a noisy restaurant or a busy street, it can always create a quiet environment to let you enjoy your high-quality audios. ANC mode is the biggest step from the first generation AirPods, it allows Apple to start to compete with other big names in the headset market.
Technically ANC relies on a new experience called Ambient EQ that dynamically adjusts the sound with the surrounding environment. With advanced manufacturing process, Apple was able to put three mini microphones on each earbud, and when ANC mode on, those microphones start to listen to surrounding ambient noise and AirPods start to play opposite sound waves to cancel the noise.
You can easily turn on and off ANC mode from iPhone or Apple watch. Even better is you can just enable ANC on one side of AirPods when you only wearing one earbud.
Audio Transparency Mode
Noise-canceling is amazing, but what if you want to hear the surrounding sound? For example, when you ordering coffee in Starbucks, you want to know what the attendant is saying, what would you do? You take out your phone and pause the music. Apple knows that inconvenience and provides you another way, a short way to temporarily disable the noise cancellation, this is called Audio Transparency Mode. To enter this mode, simply press and hold the AirPod stem, and all the sound will start to flow to your ears. Similarly, you can control the transparency mode on your iPhone or Apple watch.
Audio Sharing Between Two Pairs of AirPods
Remember the good old days when you and your best friend wearing the same earphone and listening to your favorite songs? Now, Apple lets you enjoy the sharing without any compromises, you can start sharing by touching the sync button on AirPods case. Not to mention, you can not only share songs with other AirPods, but you can also share with other devices supporting Apple music sharing, including iMac, iPhone, and latest Beats earbuds
Use One AirPod at a time
Despite wearing both of the stems for the best sound experience, you can still listen on one side at a time by inserting one stem in your preferred ear, then AirPods will recognize the side and play the mono output. By using only one AirPod at a time, you can significantly save battery life.
Water Resistance
First, let's be clear, The AirPods Pro is not waterproof, so please don't wear them when swimming. However, AirPods Pro does feature the IPX4 rating water protection which lets AirPods Pro can against splashing water and heavy sweat. This is a big step compared to previous AirPods versions, it officially means you can wear AirPods when you working out.