AirPods Pro Review: Imperfectly Perfect!

Noise Features

The AirPods Pro's noise cancellation is a standout feature, offering three modes: noise canceling, transparency, and a standard mode. Marques Brownlee highlights the effectiveness of noise cancellation in environments with consistent white noise, such as coffee shops or airplanes. Transparency mode impresses with its natural audio pass-through, making it feel like you're not wearing earbuds at all 1.

This is its biggest strength. So there's three modes, noise canceling off and transparency mode. And the noise cancellation is really impressive to me.

--- Marques Brownlee

The standard mode conserves battery, offering up to five hours of use without noise cancellation, though Brownlee notes a quick charge feature for convenience 1.

   

Performance

In terms of performance, the AirPods Pro excel in noisy environments, particularly with consistent sounds like road noise or airplane hum. Marques Brownlee finds the noise cancellation to be a unique feature among open-back earbuds, enhancing the listening experience significantly 1.

With earbuds, they do well in noisy environments, but they're at their best with more consistent white noise.

--- Marques Brownlee

While the AirPods Pro are compatible with Android, they are not the optimal choice for non-Apple users, as Brownlee points out 1.