Apple’s long-awaited AirPods Pro refresh has arrived.
At its Far Out event on Wednesday, the company announced a second-generation pair of its popular noise-canceling headphones with a new H2 chip that the company promises will deliver improved sound quality and twice the noise cancellation.
The new AirPods Pro also come with a new charger that offers support for Find My and a built-in speaker so you can track them more easily. In addition to charging it with a Lightning cable or a Qi or MagSafe charger, you’ll also be able to charge it on an Apple Watch charger.
Apple says AirPods Pro has better battery life: 6 hours on a single charge.
The new headphones will cost $249 (euro) and you can order them on September 9. They will be available on September 23rd. The updated AirPods Pro will also come with a new extra-small earcup, which may fit some ears better.
Apple’s original AirPods Pro were not announced at a product event, but via press release in October 2019.
They went on to become hugely successful – not necessarily for their audio fidelity, which has since been eclipsed by Sony, Samsung, Google and other competitors, but because they work flawlessly with the iPhone and other Apple devices.
AirPods Pro have been bettered in noise cancellation at this point by the likes of Sony and Bose, but their transparency mode remains best in class two years later.