I spent the last two week bouncing between headphones and here’s my consensus about the new Apple AirPods Pro. Lots of quality of life improvements but not a worthy upgrade if you already own the OG AirPods Pro.
Throughout my testing, I found myself defaulting back to the Beats Fit Pro because they stayed in my ear better and performed close to the new AirPods Pro.
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#1 The charging case size hasn’t changed. It’s a bit heavier but will fit all the cases I have. I don’t even think the size of the buds has changed either. The location of the different sensors have changed but the general shape hasn’t.
#2 Touch control for volume is killer. Killer’s the wrong word. It’s nice to have, silly it didn’t exist before. But very handy. What’s odd about the touch control is that Apple hasn’t changes the shape of the buds as I just mentioned. The are where touch control is looks exactly the same between the old and new versions of the AirPods Pro.
#3 The U1 chip in the case has been handy. I’ve spent the last two weeks bouncing between these three sets of headphones and being able to located it accurately has been very handy. The new AirPods Pro also have a speaker so you can play a sound on it.
#4 Apple has added a set of magnets to the back of the AirPods Pro 2. So now the headphones will snap into place on most MagSafe compatible chargers. This just guarantees the best charge speed possible AND that your headphones do get charged.
#5 Is the speed of the H2 chip. Holy frick is it fast. The biggest speed improvement for me is when I connect my headphones to my Apple Watch. With every other set of headphones, it’s a 50/50 chance my watch will connect with the headphones. That’s not the case with the new AirPods Pro. It just works which has made my running workouts a little more bearable.
The H2 chip also starts ANC a fraction quicker so when you activate it, my ears almost feel like it hits a soundless wall. When you turn ANC on and off with the Pro’s, there’s an audio prompt followed by the activation of the ANC. With the new Pro’s, the the ramp up time of the ANC is very short so the moment the prompt stops, you don’t hear anything. With the older Pro’s, there was still a fraction of a second where you could hear the background noise.
The last thing is sound quality. I couldn’t hear a notable difference between the original AirPods Pros and the Pro 2’s. Listening to both sets of headphones through audio sharing didn’t reveal anything worth noting
However, between the AirPods Pro 2’s and the Beat Fits Pro, the beats product comes out on top. Which was surprising to me because I generally find Beat’s products a little heavier on the base but it felt like the Pro 2’s was lacking a bit in that department.
Now are all these differences big enough to unseat my goto pair of Apple produced headphones, the Beats Fit Pro? No. Why? Because the Fit Pro’s are rock solid in my ears while I work out. I don’t have to worry about them falling out, I just work.
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In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Size
0:36 Touch Control
1:09 The U1 Chip
1:29 Moare Magnets
2:27 The H2 Chip
3:58 Sound Quality
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