You can now personalise Spatial Audio to your profile for a more accurate effect, too. As before, some tracks fare better than others, and overall we still prefer the stability and tight cohesion of the original stereo mix. (Image credit: Future)Īpple’s Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking returns, giving an immersive, 360-degree effect when listening to music or watching videos. If you’re running low on battery, pop the earbuds into the case for five minutes to get an entire hour of charge.ĪirPods Pro 2 settings user iPhone - quicker to access, with plenty of control options. We did find the new, souped-up charging case drains a bit more power than before during use, but it charges up swiftly. That’s six hours more than the previous model (which topped out at 24 hours total) – and is now far more competitive compared with the Sony WF-1000XM4 (eight hours in the buds, 24 hours in total) and the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 (seven hours in buds, 28 hours total). You get six hours in the earbuds on a single charge (with ANC on), with a total of up to 30 hours with the charging case. Callers’ voices come through cleanly as well.īattery life on the AirPods Pro 2 has improved greatly, too, now taking on the class leaders. Our voice sounds a touch thin rather than fully rounded out over video and phone calls, but still very clear and audible. We’d like to see Apple incorporate something similar in future, one that could work neatly with iPhones’ Focus modes.Ĭall quality remains decent. The Bose Earbuds II let you set up different ANC levels and profiles for different situations, and it’s a really useful feature. We only wish there was a way to adjust the level of ANC. It can be a subtle effect at other times, but we would recommend keeping it toggled on as it does take the higher-frequency edges off environmental noise like traffic. This works well on the London Underground, where the sharp, screeching sound of the tube rails is blissfully damped down.
One of these new features is called “Adaptive Transparency”, which aims to reduce sudden loud and harsh noises when using Transparency Mode to keep aware of your surroundings. We’re not quite as cocooned in silence as our new benchmark in flagship ANC earbuds, the brilliant Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II, but the AirPods Pro 2 is a satisfying step up from the original Pros, and its improved ANC performance is ideal for everyday use.Īpple’s advanced H2 chip that powers the earbuds is responsible for many of the improvements in performance – both ANC and sound – as well as a handful of new features, general smooth use and greater efficiency.īattery life 6 hours (single charge in earbuds with ANC on), total 30 hours (with charging case) Compared with the original AirPods Pro, which we’ve had with us throughout our testing, the improvement to noise-cancelling with the 2nd generation model is dramatic. It’s a comfortable, airy effect, too, and does a great job of letting you enjoy your music without much distraction from the world around you. Background noise disappears to a mere murmur, whether that’s office chatter or the roar of train engines on our daily commute. In practice, we found it to be incredibly effective. This is thanks to a combination of the powerful new H2 chip and the ‘optimised’ re-positioning of the acoustic vents and mics, says the company. There’s an immediately noticeable difference between the new and old models, with Apple reportedly blocking out twice as much background noise with the new earbuds. Let’s get straight to it: the active noise-cancelling in the Pro 2 is impressive. Noise-cancelling is vastly improved, blocking out twice as much outside noise than the previous generation.
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