Apple AirPods Pro review: True wireless earbuds that can hang with the best

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Published: 06 November 2019
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Comments • 88

Má Dzú 3 weeks back
I love my pro
Marco 4 weeks back
Just something i want to mention. In the controll center you can click on the volume button and there you can switch between the modes
gamester1416 4 weeks back
I’ve been waiting for this for a while now
I kept my lightning to 3.5mm dongle because I hated the regular AirPods and EarPods
After buying the AirPods pro the first day they came out, I haven’t regretted purchasing them.
Gabe Photography 4 weeks back
I’m thinking of getting the AirPods pro today I have the 1st gen AirPods and they are near the end the sound is getting quieter
Hunter Wong 6 days back
Gabe Photography clean them. i’ve had the same problem
Sandy Sandy 4 weeks back
How do they compare to Bose SoundSport Free ?
Ben Lichaa 4 weeks back
Do they work with the iphone 6 plus?
Jaden Halstead 4 weeks back
Ben Lichaa it requires iOS 13.2
MTK Knight 4 weeks back
I think it requires iOS 11 or newer
V3n0m 4 weeks back
SIRI is shit so like...
Christoffer Wiig 4 weeks back
I already own Beats X. Are these worth the upgrade?
Lou Monestime 4 weeks back
Christoffer Wiig yes
Sebastian Rojas 4 weeks back
Not to be critical. But am I the only one that feels the reviewers seems to be like reading this review. And it’s super obvious. I feel like the narration is way off
John Newkirk 4 weeks back
Air pods are not worth 80 bucks even
Jong 79 4 weeks back
Great full coverage review!
Account for Watch’n 4 weeks back
Would these stay in if your using a boxing bag?
Lamar Taylor 4 weeks back
The simple review for the AirPods Pro is they check every box and work as advertised. ANC, transparency mode, great call quality, good battery life, good sound quality, long Bluetooth range, easy to connect, sweat resistant, no latency on videos, sealed tips make them comfortable to wear, and a tiny case that fits in your jeans coin pocket. There are better sounding earbuds but they can't check every box like AirPods Pro and they all have a glaring flaw that AirPods don't have...this includes Sony, Jabra, Samsung, and JBL.
MTK Knight 4 weeks back
@Lamar Taylor No more questions, thank you for the info.
Lamar Taylor 4 weeks back
@MTK Knight the Sony ANC earbuds aren't sweat proof, have a huge charging case, and they are not sweat proof. All glaring flaws that AirPods Pro don't have. Jabra earbuds have the left ear connection issues and there is latency with video playback...2 flaws the Pro's don't have. Samsung earbuds have terrible mics for phone calls and they lose connection occasionally when your phone is carried in the back pocket...flaws the Pro's don't have. Any more questions?
MTK Knight 4 weeks back
What glaring flaw?
Luis Ramos 4 weeks back
“Buried” in the Bluetooth menu. 🙄
Ojasvi Singh 786 4 weeks back
✨✨💖💖
Ojasvi Singh 786 4 weeks back
✨✨💖💖
Ojasvi Singh 786 4 weeks back
✨✨💖💖
harsh574 4 weeks back
It’s like someone forced him to do this after he downed three shots of NyQuil. Who tf actually talks like that?
GachaCookie _Playzzz 4 weeks back
harsh574 lol 😝
Arno 1 months back
The controls work great for me. 1sr time almost all the time. With the old airpods I had to tap 3 times just to make sure it registered 2 every time.
Raafid K 2 weeks back
Exactly, I had a hard time with the old AirPods
Nathan Budd 1 months back
Anything Siri related really isn't a selling point. It's _so_ bad.
SUBVIKE CALL OF DUTY 1 months back
WHY NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THE HIGH RADIATION IT EMITS TO THE BRAIN??????
SAME AS IF YOU PLUG YOUR HEAD TO A MICROWAVE
MTK Knight 4 weeks back
@SUBVIKE CALL OF DUTY I think you are just a salty Android user.
LiK 4 weeks back
Worth it
Stack E. Stackerson 4 weeks back
SUBVIKE CALL OF DUTY yea I’m gonna need a source for this “info”. 😂
aldentesolo 4 weeks back
SUBVIKE CALL OF DUTY Citation?
18 78 4 weeks back
electromagnetic radiation
ROBERT W RIVERA 1 months back
Went back to my old AirPod the new AirPod Pro hurts my ears after 10 min.
Drone Dude 1 months back
ROBERT W RIVERA wow.
Barış 1 months back
Hot bear wooof
Kevin Campbell 1 months back
Disagree. These are awesome if you wanna stay in the Apple ecosystem and own an iPhone. They are far from great and for $250 they need to be better.
Kadeem Reid 4 weeks back
@MrHuckabst Me too haha. I used a $100 best buy gift card to knock down the price.
MrHuckabst 1 months back
Kevin Campbell I use 120 bucks of gift cards to knock something off price. I get gift cards on my job base on performance then use them for my tech.
Souk Khanhsila 1 months back
If I pay 250 bucks for these, can I look like every other douchebag walking around my college campus? That's my dream in life, to look the same as every other apple sheep. Thanks ghost of Steve jobs.
rek7 1 months back
Silicone not silicon
C.J. R 1 months back
If you long press on settings you can go directly to Bluetooth
Eric Schmidt 1 months back
Jeeeez who is this guy. His voice is so monotonous I could only watch for a few minutes. Give him some Prozac
Nancy Terpin 4 weeks back
I thought he did fine.
Steve 1 months back
Stop talking Schmidt, internet tough guy. It’s so easy to be cruel when you are on the internet.
spicedham 1 months back
pressing the flat control surface can pull out the headphones. I noticed if place your pointer finger on the side of the headphone and then use your thumb and middle finger to squeeze the flat surface it doesn't fall out.
Noah Damoose 1 months back
They were awesome till the left one decided to not charge anymore or pair
Toasty 4 weeks back
Try to restart the airpod pros by placing both buds in the charging case with the lid up, hold the sync button until it turns amber and white. Hopefully that fixes your issue.
Efon Ekpo 1 months back
Would these work well with Android devices?
MTK Knight 4 weeks back
They work with any Bluetooth device
Sid R. 4 weeks back
@naki.- stop talking out of your ass. I use these with an Android phone just fine. ANC, transparency mode and all.
Cody Hunter 1 months back
How do so many “tech” peeps not know the difference between silicon and silicone?? Stick a silicon tip in your ear and you’ll figure it out quick!
John Sjoholm 1 months back
Best review of the AirPod(s) Pro to date. In-depth, showed true everyday usage cases, limitations, and advantages. The host was a nice change from the usual Engadget crowd as well. The chief complaint is the title; it left a dangling statement("hang with the best") without being explicitly backed in the actual review. Just wish the Pro's would allow for two, or more, BT host connections simultaneously. I.E. like many of its competitors do.
Kalyn Jones 4 weeks back
John Sjoholm they do with other AirPods
E 1 months back
Companies need to figure out how to make these wireless earbuds last more than 3 years. The tiny batteries inside these things have a relatively short shelf life and they’re non replaceable.
It’s not just an Apple problem but most wireless earbuds don’t have replaceable batteries, so these earbuds are essentially 200-300 dollar disposable devices that have a short shelf life. This is the biggest advantage of wired headphones, a good pair of wired headphones will last decades, but you’ll be very lucky if the battery in these earbuds last five years.
Jaden Halstead 4 weeks back
# well that’s what you get for buying a cheap pair of earbuds. I guarantee if you buy quality ones like Airpids, beats, or Sony’s, you’ll never have that problem
# 4 weeks back
@Sander Cohen not airpods
Sander Cohen 4 weeks back
@# If that really happened, you should contact Apple. They might want to investigate your AirPods like they do with Macbooks that gets puffed up batteries and so on.
# 1 months back
I have already "burned" two pairs in only a year. the battery gets bloated and pops them open, super dangerous
ph00ny1 1 months back
I've gone through dozen or more wireless ear buds with wired connection between and without. They're not that bad in terms of holding their charge.
Oldest out of all of them is the jaybirds x2 and it's still going strong. Even the cheap anker set that i bought to play golf with despite not cared for properly sitting in a golfbag, it still works well today.
John Moss 1 months back
This guy seems like he DEFINITELY knows his way around a Diesel engine.
GreenStorm01 4 weeks back
@Engadget Not a major difference tho
Engadget 1 months back
Replace diesel engine with grill, and you've pegged him
John Moss 1 months back
pall man
1) his dialect
2) his attire
3) the cut of his jib
4) my preconceived stereotypes of guys that know their way around diesel engines
pall man 1 months back
LOL , why?
WizZard 1 months back
Nice review!
mccarty 1 months back
Did they outsource the review?
Vincent Nguyen 11 hours back
wym
Super Luigi Odyssey 1 months back
Wow I love it
ph00ny1 1 months back
Based on what criteria does it hang with the best? Audio quality? ANC?
Tuperwear 3 weeks back
I own the Sony anc headphones and the AirPod pro is almost as good.
Lamar Taylor 4 weeks back
I have earbuds from Sony, Jabra, JBL, and Samsung...the AirPods Pro are the best overall with the fewest flaws or comprimises. Sound quality is subjective and depends on how earbuds fit your ears. Remember this...earbuds are speakers and earbuds are tiny speakers. No matter what any tech reviews tries to claim...they all only get so loud and have limits on the bass they can output. AirPods Pro sound good for music and podcasts.
Jack Dawson 4 weeks back
experience
Kevin Campbell 4 weeks back
@hivetyrant7 Yup
hivetyrant7 1 months back
Price
kanodourden 1 months back
Who tha fook is that guy
Clay .T 1 months back
kanodourden he is the locum tenens ^_^
Eric Schmidt 1 months back
kanodourden lol I know lol 😂
Shank Adams 1 months back
BILLY THE LUMBERJACK😝
Blitz 1 months back
😂😂 Guys I just uploaded a review of some fake 1:1 airpods pro replicas. And I'm telling you they look identical, I couldn't tell them apart. If you're feeling lucky I'm also giving away a few pairs to some lucky subsribers😊

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