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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
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Harry McKerrell

What is Apple Adaptive Audio? The new AirPods feature explained

In-ear headphones: Apple AirPods Pro 2

This year's Apple WWDC 2023 was a bit of a mixed bag. There was certainly a lot to digest, including a fresh MacBook, new additions to AirPlay and CarPlay, not to mention some big changes to the iOS operating system, but we also saw quite a few things we couldn't quite find room for in our hectic scrolling schedules. (Seriously, who uses Stickers anyway?).

From an audio perspective, one of the most interesting reveals from the event came in the form of Apple's new Adaptive Audio tech for the AirPods Pro 2. As the name suggests, Adaptive Audio is a sort of hybrid listening experience that gives you a mix of transparency mode and ANC to provide the best of both listening technologies in one place. 

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