I’ve spent over a week with the AirPods Pro 3, and I think it’s safe to say Apple didn’t simply iterate its popular noise-cancelling earbuds. From pretty much the first time I put them in my ears, it was clear these had all-around improvements, but especially stronger ANC power.
Apple has been tinkering with ANC since 2019, but according to Matthew Costello, VP of Hardware and Audio Engineering for Apple, the new AirPods Pro 3 design and geometry, “for the first time, really help us direct audio directly into the ear canal” establishing one of the “fundamental changes” for this generation of earbuds.
