My experience with different earbuds and headphones is limited, so I cannot compare these with other top-of-the-line products, but these are outstanding. I use them primarily for listening to music, and they are replacing a very good, but not top-of-the-line pair of wired earbuds that I was using while exercising on an elliptical exerciser at home. Compared to those earbuds, the AirPods Pro are a bit less comfortable, but the sound quality is MUCH better, the noise cancellation (which the old earbuds didn't have) is very good, and the absence of wires is a big convenience, as the wires were always getting snagged on my clothing during exercise. I formerly listened to music also directly on my iPad Pro, which has very good sound quality, but the Air Pods Pro have much better sound quality, and the advantage that I can walk round the house while listening to music without carrying the iPad along. At a distance of 50 feet the connection remains flawless.
They pair seamlessly with compatible Apple devices: Merely open the case with the Pods in the case, near an Apple device that has bluetooth turned on, and a pop-up will ask if you want to pair them. After that they'll connect to whichever device is streaming audio via BT when you put the Pods in your ears. Pairing to non-Apple devices is easy: Just go to the device's BT menu, open the case and press the button on the case and select the Pods.
I have not yet used them for talking on the phone. I don't get or make many phone calls.
The downsides:
The sensors on the stem are tiny and sometimes it takes several tries to make them respond. It was VERY hard to remove the silicone ear caps so that I could replace them with the large size, which fit my ears better. Given the cost, I would not use them for exercise out of doors for fear of losing one. In the past I've used wired earbuds for jogging. If one of those falls out it does not get lost. Finally, as mentioned before, they are less comfortable than my old wired earbuds. But I only put them on during cardio or to listen to music. I don't think I'd want to wear them all day.
Sometimes I have a hard time understanding dialog in movies or streaming shows. I had hoped that the AirPods Pro might make dialog easier to understand since some reviewers have said that they can work as hearing aids, though not as well as real ones. I did not find dialog to be any easier to understand with the Pods. However, if your environment is noisy, the noise cancellation would help.
Note: They do not come with a charger. They take Apple's lightning connector or Apple's wireless charger. If you're already using Apple devices you probably have compatible chargers. You can charge them from a Mac if you have a USB-to-lightning cable. Once the case is charged, the Pods charge whenever they're in the case. You can get several full charges this way before the case is out of charge.
Apple's website says that to access the Air Pods Pro's settings, connect to any compatible Apple iPhone or iPad, go to Settings, and select the Pods near the top of the Settings page. --> THIS DID NOT WORK FOR ME! Instead I had to go to my iPhone's Bluetooth menu and press "i" for "information" next to the name of the Air Pods to access the settings. Note that not all features are available on all devices.
Bottom line: I'm very happy with them. I paid $200 plus tax for them. I'm not sure I'd recommend them at the list price of $250.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022
This has been my most compelling purchase in a long time! Apple just took audio integration to the next level. There are 4 major reasons to upgrade your AirPods to the pro gen 2. Its important to upgrade your iPhone with IOS 16.0 or higher in order to realize the benefits of these earbuds. Without this update you will not have access to adaptive transparency or the new spatial audio so before testing make sure you do this step.1. Sound - The clarity and detail these produce is astounding, especially with the new custom spatial audio activated, but we will get to that later. Bass - sub frequencies now extend all the way down to 20 hz vs the gen 1s 40 hz so it goes low! Not only is it lower but it’s a lot more present, they finally gave these buds the oomph they needed to compete with the top tier wireless audio! They simply cover a better range of sound when listening and offer a more complete listening experience. I use Spotify almost exclusively and with some tweaks in the Spotify 6 ban EQ I actually prefer this sound profile over my Sennheiser MTW3 earbuds which are widely regarded as some of the best sounding earbuds on the market.2. Adaptive transparency - The Adaptive transparency feature has been such a game changer for me. Basically it filters out any loud sounds over 95 DB and automatically lowers that sound to match everything else you hear. This does not sound like that big of a deal but for those of us who use earbuds for several hours a day in noisy environments it changes the game. No more worrying about the deafening jolt of a dog barking, or a car honking in transparency mode, the new H2 chip lets you hear your environment as if you had no earbuds on at all, very natural and without the worries of yesterdays deafening surprises.3. Spatial audio - This might be the feature that surprised me most only because the older version of spatial audio did not do much and had very few applications to use it with. With the new update this version of spatial audio is such a substantial improvement it cannot be overstated. Apple has a customizable feature for spatial audio when you hold the phone about 10 inches from your ear the LiDAR scans your ear canal in order to figure out the proper sound implementation. I know it sounds very gimmicky, but it actually works very well. I am now a believer. I went from watching an occasional movie with the old version to now almost exclusively leaving the spatial audio on. It adds an incredible amount of soundstage and depth! So not just hearing voice and instrumental separation from left to right but also you can distinguish sounds from front to back as well. And this works for music but it noticeably changes my podcasts also. It sounds like your actually in the room listening live now! Try the song Bubbles by Yosi Horikawa it will blow your mind!!4. ANC - Considering how light and comfortable the gen 2s are I’m deeply impressed with how much noise is filtered out. It eliminates the all lower frequencies like AC or a treadmill and it brings voices down to a very slight whisper. Even while listening to a podcast when ANC is activated you will not hear anything else around you. It’s a marked improvement over my MTW3.Other improvements - The Case has a speaker now and let’s you track it within a foot when lost, just open the find my app and it will guide you with an arrow to where the case is. Full Siri integration, you can use Siri for everything from turning on Transparency mode, or ANC, to playing music, to listening and sending messages, weather updates, making calls ect. You can be 100% hands free the whole day if you wanted to be. Volume button - finally apple! now you can slide up or down on either earbud stem for volume control, it feels awkward at first but you get use to it quickly. I will update with any issues if I run into with them but as of now I can’t think of a single flaw these have other then maybe the lack of color options. If you have an iPhone these are a must! Let me know if this helps.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022
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Évolution bluffante par rapport au modèle 1ère génération
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 5, 2022
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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 5, 2022
Avantages :
- bien meilleure isolation sonore (chip H2), le meilleur du marché actuel
- les boutons pour changer le volume change la donne et rend l'outil plus plaisant
- une qualité de son nettement améliorée avec une présence plus claire des basses et des aiguës
- l'environnement Apple rend le tout très fluide à utiliser avec un iPhone
- les hauts-parleurs sont très pratiques lorsque le produit est perdu par ex, notamment cumulé avec la technologie Find My qui rend le tout très plaisant, surtout après avoir perdu mes Gen 1 quelques jours auparavant !
- 6 mois d'Apple Music gratuit inclus avec l'achat de ce modèle
Désavantages :
- la technologie Spatial Audio est marrante et intéressante mais me rappelle beaucoup la mode des 8D music, et pour moi est peu adapté à une écoute décontractée et quotidienne (bien que désactivable facilement)
- le passage d'AirPods Pro gen 1 à gen 2 ne vaut probablement pas le coup si l'utilisation des gen 1 est assez et n'est pas de l'ordre de "l'audiophile", l'isolation sonore et la qualité de son étant très correct pour les gen 1
- look très ressemblant aux Gen 1 (même si peu important pour moi)
En général, je suis donc conquis par cette nouvelle prouesse que nous a montré Apple et suis heureux de pouvoir les utiliser au quotidien !
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