The AirPods Pro 2: A Comprehensive Review

One of the standout features of the AirPods Pro 2 is its improved noise cancellation across the range of frequencies. According to the user, this feature has been noticeably enhanced since the first generation adaptive transparency mode was introduced. The user has had a chance to test and fine-tune this feature, and it has proven to be an essential tool for reducing external sounds while on phone calls or listening to music.

For instance, when trying to mute out the sounds of waves at the beach during a phone call, the noise cancellation has been noticeably improved. The user also appreciates how the AirPods Pro 2's transparency mode helps lower the volume of external sounds that exceed an 85 decibel threshold. This feature is particularly useful on walks, where the user often relies on transparency mode to keep an ear out for their surroundings. However, the user notes that the effect could be a little more subtle or gradual when it kicks in.

Another notable feature of the AirPods Pro 2 is its live listen functionality, which allows users to use their iPhone as a microphone to pick up audio while wearing the AirPods and echo it back to their ears. This feature is not new to the AirPods Pro 2 but is still a game-changer for accessibility and can be accessed through the Accessibility menu. The user notes that this feature is great for people with hearing impairments or those who need to use their earbuds in noisy environments.

In terms of accessibility options, the AirPods Pro 2 offer a range of features that cater to different needs. For instance, users can adjust the click stem speed and toggle on features like background sounds, such as the ocean or rain. This feature is particularly useful for people who enjoy listening to calming sounds while not actively using their earbuds.

Battery life is another area where the AirPods Pro 2 have made significant improvements over the original model. The user reports an average of five and a half to six hours of overall listening time with moderate volume, which is a notable increase compared to the originals. However, when using active noise cancellation, battery life drops slightly.

The future of Apple's wireless earbuds looks promising, especially in terms of high-resolution audio playback support. The user notes that Bluetooth has its limitations, and Apple may unlock additional capabilities through software updates or hardware upgrades. In 2020, Apple introduced spatial audio on the AirPods Pro after a year of software development, which is an encouraging sign for future enhancements.

True multi-point connectivity remains a feature that the user misses most when switching between devices, such as their work MacBook and iPhone. Currently, Apple's quick switching functionality provides some relief but doesn't quite meet the user's needs. Having true multi-point connectivity would be a welcome addition to allow users to connect two devices simultaneously without manual intervention.

Finally, the AirPods Pro 2 have not been extensively tested on Android phones, which is an area that the user would like to explore further. The Sony XM4s are currently the user's go-to choice for using their earbuds with an Android device. However, they remain interested in hearing about others' experiences and may release a breakout video discussing AirPods and Android usage.

In conclusion, the AirPods Pro 2 offer almost everything that the original model had, plus some significant improvements. While not perfect, these wireless earbuds have won over the user's heart with their exceptional noise cancellation, accessibility features, and battery life. As always, the comments are open, and the user invites readers to share their experiences and thoughts on using AirPods Pro 2 with Android devices or any other use cases.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enafter spending two months with the airpods Pro 2 I'm really surprised at how much I like these wireless earbuds from the improvements to sound quality over the originals to longer lasting battery life and an even better fit than before it all adds up to a great all-round experience now they're not perfect but I think for many people they're going to come pretty darn close in this video we're going to explore what they like to use every day and I'll share some tips and tricks that I found to get the most out of these wireless earbuds so whether you've also been using them for the same amount of time as me or you've been wanting to find out more about how they hold up long term well let's Dive In for my fellow small ear Brigade the airpods Pro 2 fit so much better than the first generation okay so the physical design hasn't really changed but the difference is there's now an extra small ear tip size which quite frankly has been a game changer for me in terms of getting these to fit really well finally they stay in my ears even when I'm working out without needing to reposition them constantly and push them in throughout the day so on the first generation airpods Pro I would always need to use third-party foam tips now don't get me wrong these are absolutely great and Incredibly functional so I could always get a really secure fit but it is an extra cost on top of the earbuds themselves and of course there is a little bit more effort required to sort of pinch and insert those memory foam tips rather than just popping them in with the default silicon tips and sometimes depending on the size and design of the tips they do need a little bit more adjusting to get them to sit in the charging case properly now I got my wish for extra small ear tips but I just hope that there is an option for Apple to add an extra large ear tip size as I know that there are many people on the other end of the ear canal Spectrum who also need a different fit from those included four sizes now if you're on the fence about upgrading from the original airpods Pro and you also have small ears well you don't necessarily have to spend big just to get that better fit because the good news is I found those extra small second generation tips actually fit on the first generation airpods Pro and they cost eight dollars from Apple directly for two sets many airpods users myself included have been asking for volume controls on the stem and Apple has delivered with the second generation but I do find the precise finger placement is key and for me it's taken a little bit more time to get used to this than I would have liked look maybe it's a fat fingers issue but even after two months I still don't get it right all the time and I accidentally end up going through the stem itself rather than where you should be swiping on which is the force sensor so I do actually find it a little bit easier to make kind of a rest for the bottom of the stem with my thumb and then swipe with my index finger up and down and this really helps so I'm not accidentally dislodging it from my ear as I'm trying to find that sweet spot again I'd expect everyone's experience with this is going to be slightly different depending on how they fit in the ear I'm really glad that the stem controls are now present but more often than not over the past few months I've definitely found myself still in the habit of adjusting the volume on my phone or if I'm wearing wearing an Apple Watch with the digital crown and also it's the little things that I really appreciate how these no longer have that kind of high-pitched squeal noise that you might have experienced on The Originals when you have noise canceling on and you accidentally cover the grill with your hand or in some cases it would happen with my longer hair or for those of you who like to sleep with earbuds on I know there are some of you out there it could sometimes happen when you rest your head against the pillow so my eardrums thank you for alleviating that on the newer version Apple thank you no earbud video is complete without talking about the sound and of course this is very subjective but for me the airpods Pro 2 have really filled in the picture compared to the first generation now if you're coming to them for the first time without having dipped into the Apple earbud system before they are definitely the best sounding and the most rounded of all the options that you can choose from right now including for me the airpods of third generation so for my ears the sound profile definitely has more emphasis on the bass than any other Apple earbud that I've tested but it is balanced in such a way so I don't feel like I need to constantly crank the volume to also hear that definition in the mids and The Trebles like I do on some other wireless earbuds still I am craving a user adjustable equalizer from the settings app rather than relying on the Adaptive equalizer all the time as great as it is even when I'm switching between musical genres I just like extra customization the active noise canceling also gets a boost that I wasn't expecting to make as much difference as it actually does my colleague David carnoy's review which is great and I highly recommend you give it a watch right up here goes into detail about how the ANC is improved across the range of frequencies and he does a great job of explaining this even further but to cut a long story short in all the situations that I've used the noise cancellation so even when I'm trying to mute out the sounds of the waves at the beach when I'm on a phone call it's been noticeably improved over the first generation adaptive transparency Mode still continues to surprise me and two months in I still get kind of a bit of a shock when it does kick in sometimes now this helps to lower the volume of external sounds that are above an 85 decibel threshold and for me I found it most helpful on walks that's usually when I rely on transparency mode to keep an ear out for my surroundings but say a loud rumbling truck goes past and then density is muted a lot more than it would be if I didn't have this mode on but I do feel the effect could be a little bit more subtle or gradual sometimes when it does kick in I feel it goes from Full ambient transparency mode and then feeling like somehow I've suddenly turned on active noise cancellation when I wasn't looking and live listen it's still my favorite secret spying tool no just just kidding I would never use my earbuds for nefarious purposes so if you're not familiar with live listen it's basically letting you use your iPhone as a microphone to pick up audio while you're wearing the airpods and echoing them to your ears now this is not new on the airpods Pro 2 but I'm still actually surprised at how many people don't know this exists so definitely try it out and it is great for accessibility now on a more serious note the other accessibility options on the airpods Pro 2 are really thorough whether that's adjusting the click stem speed or adjusting how exactly that transparency mode works to having things like background sounds and I unexpectedly really love background sounds again not new to the airpods Pro 2 but sometimes I do leave these in my ears even when I'm not on a call or listening to music and then through the accessibility menu you can toggle on soothing background sounds like the ocean or something like rain battery life is better than the original airpods Pro in terms of overall listening time I'm generally averaging between five and a half to six hours with moderate volume using transparency mode Now using active noise cancellation does drop that a little bit further but I do find actually anecdotally I feel like I am charging the case itself a little bit more than I did with the originals so what's next well I really hope that there's going to be some sort of high resolution audio playback support in the future yes obviously Bluetooth does have its limitations but maybe there's something extra that can be unlocked in a future update especially given that Apple music now supports lossless audio Apple's done something similar before with the first generation airpods Pro if you do remember back in 2020 they suddenly got this spatial audio feature when the software support unlocked the capabilities of the built-in gyroscope and accelerometer a year after they were originally launched so I'm still holding out hope true multi-point connectivity is still one of those features that I do miss the most when I come from some other wireless earbuds and while Apple's quick switching between devices signed into the same Apple ID does offer some relief and it does work really well it doesn't quite go all the way for me in my particular use case if I'm switching say between my work MacBook and an iPhone well obviously like I'm not going to sign into my personal Apple ID on my work computer because you know like maybe that's a niche really Niche example but I'm sure you could also be in the same situation as me now having true multi-point here would be a really nice option to be able to connect two devices at the same time without manually needing to toggle on or just rely that it's going to pick up when I'm switching between them now the other part of the equation that's left out is how these actually fare with an Android phone now I haven't spent enough time with them on Android as I usually tend to gravitate to another set of earbuds like the Sony xm4s when I am using an Android phone but I'm always interested to hear of your experience and if you are interested in a breakout video about airpods and Android let me know I will get testing So In Sum the airpods Pro 2 not perfect but they have almost everything I wanted in the original airpods Pro and I really enjoy using these earbuds but what have they been like for you I'm curious to know how they're holding up and what your experience has been like as always the comments are open and you can find me on your favorite social media platform like subscribe and all that jazz I'll see you laterafter spending two months with the airpods Pro 2 I'm really surprised at how much I like these wireless earbuds from the improvements to sound quality over the originals to longer lasting battery life and an even better fit than before it all adds up to a great all-round experience now they're not perfect but I think for many people they're going to come pretty darn close in this video we're going to explore what they like to use every day and I'll share some tips and tricks that I found to get the most out of these wireless earbuds so whether you've also been using them for the same amount of time as me or you've been wanting to find out more about how they hold up long term well let's Dive In for my fellow small ear Brigade the airpods Pro 2 fit so much better than the first generation okay so the physical design hasn't really changed but the difference is there's now an extra small ear tip size which quite frankly has been a game changer for me in terms of getting these to fit really well finally they stay in my ears even when I'm working out without needing to reposition them constantly and push them in throughout the day so on the first generation airpods Pro I would always need to use third-party foam tips now don't get me wrong these are absolutely great and Incredibly functional so I could always get a really secure fit but it is an extra cost on top of the earbuds themselves and of course there is a little bit more effort required to sort of pinch and insert those memory foam tips rather than just popping them in with the default silicon tips and sometimes depending on the size and design of the tips they do need a little bit more adjusting to get them to sit in the charging case properly now I got my wish for extra small ear tips but I just hope that there is an option for Apple to add an extra large ear tip size as I know that there are many people on the other end of the ear canal Spectrum who also need a different fit from those included four sizes now if you're on the fence about upgrading from the original airpods Pro and you also have small ears well you don't necessarily have to spend big just to get that better fit because the good news is I found those extra small second generation tips actually fit on the first generation airpods Pro and they cost eight dollars from Apple directly for two sets many airpods users myself included have been asking for volume controls on the stem and Apple has delivered with the second generation but I do find the precise finger placement is key and for me it's taken a little bit more time to get used to this than I would have liked look maybe it's a fat fingers issue but even after two months I still don't get it right all the time and I accidentally end up going through the stem itself rather than where you should be swiping on which is the force sensor so I do actually find it a little bit easier to make kind of a rest for the bottom of the stem with my thumb and then swipe with my index finger up and down and this really helps so I'm not accidentally dislodging it from my ear as I'm trying to find that sweet spot again I'd expect everyone's experience with this is going to be slightly different depending on how they fit in the ear I'm really glad that the stem controls are now present but more often than not over the past few months I've definitely found myself still in the habit of adjusting the volume on my phone or if I'm wearing wearing an Apple Watch with the digital crown and also it's the little things that I really appreciate how these no longer have that kind of high-pitched squeal noise that you might have experienced on The Originals when you have noise canceling on and you accidentally cover the grill with your hand or in some cases it would happen with my longer hair or for those of you who like to sleep with earbuds on I know there are some of you out there it could sometimes happen when you rest your head against the pillow so my eardrums thank you for alleviating that on the newer version Apple thank you no earbud video is complete without talking about the sound and of course this is very subjective but for me the airpods Pro 2 have really filled in the picture compared to the first generation now if you're coming to them for the first time without having dipped into the Apple earbud system before they are definitely the best sounding and the most rounded of all the options that you can choose from right now including for me the airpods of third generation so for my ears the sound profile definitely has more emphasis on the bass than any other Apple earbud that I've tested but it is balanced in such a way so I don't feel like I need to constantly crank the volume to also hear that definition in the mids and The Trebles like I do on some other wireless earbuds still I am craving a user adjustable equalizer from the settings app rather than relying on the Adaptive equalizer all the time as great as it is even when I'm switching between musical genres I just like extra customization the active noise canceling also gets a boost that I wasn't expecting to make as much difference as it actually does my colleague David carnoy's review which is great and I highly recommend you give it a watch right up here goes into detail about how the ANC is improved across the range of frequencies and he does a great job of explaining this even further but to cut a long story short in all the situations that I've used the noise cancellation so even when I'm trying to mute out the sounds of the waves at the beach when I'm on a phone call it's been noticeably improved over the first generation adaptive transparency Mode still continues to surprise me and two months in I still get kind of a bit of a shock when it does kick in sometimes now this helps to lower the volume of external sounds that are above an 85 decibel threshold and for me I found it most helpful on walks that's usually when I rely on transparency mode to keep an ear out for my surroundings but say a loud rumbling truck goes past and then density is muted a lot more than it would be if I didn't have this mode on but I do feel the effect could be a little bit more subtle or gradual sometimes when it does kick in I feel it goes from Full ambient transparency mode and then feeling like somehow I've suddenly turned on active noise cancellation when I wasn't looking and live listen it's still my favorite secret spying tool no just just kidding I would never use my earbuds for nefarious purposes so if you're not familiar with live listen it's basically letting you use your iPhone as a microphone to pick up audio while you're wearing the airpods and echoing them to your ears now this is not new on the airpods Pro 2 but I'm still actually surprised at how many people don't know this exists so definitely try it out and it is great for accessibility now on a more serious note the other accessibility options on the airpods Pro 2 are really thorough whether that's adjusting the click stem speed or adjusting how exactly that transparency mode works to having things like background sounds and I unexpectedly really love background sounds again not new to the airpods Pro 2 but sometimes I do leave these in my ears even when I'm not on a call or listening to music and then through the accessibility menu you can toggle on soothing background sounds like the ocean or something like rain battery life is better than the original airpods Pro in terms of overall listening time I'm generally averaging between five and a half to six hours with moderate volume using transparency mode Now using active noise cancellation does drop that a little bit further but I do find actually anecdotally I feel like I am charging the case itself a little bit more than I did with the originals so what's next well I really hope that there's going to be some sort of high resolution audio playback support in the future yes obviously Bluetooth does have its limitations but maybe there's something extra that can be unlocked in a future update especially given that Apple music now supports lossless audio Apple's done something similar before with the first generation airpods Pro if you do remember back in 2020 they suddenly got this spatial audio feature when the software support unlocked the capabilities of the built-in gyroscope and accelerometer a year after they were originally launched so I'm still holding out hope true multi-point connectivity is still one of those features that I do miss the most when I come from some other wireless earbuds and while Apple's quick switching between devices signed into the same Apple ID does offer some relief and it does work really well it doesn't quite go all the way for me in my particular use case if I'm switching say between my work MacBook and an iPhone well obviously like I'm not going to sign into my personal Apple ID on my work computer because you know like maybe that's a niche really Niche example but I'm sure you could also be in the same situation as me now having true multi-point here would be a really nice option to be able to connect two devices at the same time without manually needing to toggle on or just rely that it's going to pick up when I'm switching between them now the other part of the equation that's left out is how these actually fare with an Android phone now I haven't spent enough time with them on Android as I usually tend to gravitate to another set of earbuds like the Sony xm4s when I am using an Android phone but I'm always interested to hear of your experience and if you are interested in a breakout video about airpods and Android let me know I will get testing So In Sum the airpods Pro 2 not perfect but they have almost everything I wanted in the original airpods Pro and I really enjoy using these earbuds but what have they been like for you I'm curious to know how they're holding up and what your experience has been like as always the comments are open and you can find me on your favorite social media platform like subscribe and all that jazz I'll see you later\n"