are the airpods Pro 2 really that much better than the original airpods Pro
well today we will find out because we're going to compare everything from
the sound quality noise cancellation and microphones to the battery life new
features and more I gotta say that I've been waiting for these for about two
years now because the competition is getting so good and within the last year
I actually switched over to the airpods 3 because they sounded better now one
thing I wish they did add was USB type c they are still sticking with lighting
and that's a major bummer but instead they chose to allow you to charge it
with an Apple Watch charger which I don't really know why they would do that
but thankfully the battery life is up to 30 hours now total with the case in up
to six hours for the earbuds themselves now the case size looks identical in
both the front and the back look the same as well but if we take a look at
the side we now have this little port for a lanyard which I don't really have
a use for but what is useful is the speaker on the bottom of the case and
we're gonna show that off the first time I noticed it when I popped it open and I
heard that sound right there and that just tells you it's ready to pair and
the last difference that not many people are talking about is the fact that the
case is now also ipx4 water resistant just like the earbuds where it oh the
old one wasn't and my other pair this thing completely died because it went
through the wash which sucked because my Apple Care just expired the buds
themselves have also been slightly redesigned Apple got rid of the
proximity sensor and they're using a skin detect sensor and the vent has now
moved up higher let's get these things paired
wow that was instant I wonder if that's because of the new H2 chip and the new
Bluetooth 5.3 which my iPhone also has and we noticed that on the Apple Watch
series 8 and the ultra pairs super fast while I'm swapping out the ear tips for
the large ones I want to mention they have extra small now which are tiny but
I have some pretty large ear canals so I'm gonna go ahead and pop these in
right I'm going to turn off the active noise cancellation they feel identical
in my ears and the only thing that's changed as far as controls isability
swipes I want to try that out all right interesting each time there's
a little thump so it tells you it's adjusting and as you guys could see I
just swipe up or down and it moves it up not by that much surprisingly and then
as I'm doing that I am kind of Shifting the earbuds in my ears unless I'm being
super careful so I don't really know how useful this is gonna be day to day next
I want to test out the active noise cancellation and the transparency mode
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by using the link down below turning on the noise cancellation on the original
airpods Pro it definitely knocks out a lot of that sound we have an AC vent
right over there but I still hear some of that low end sound The Originals were
pretty good when they came out but the last couple of years the competition has
gotten much much better alright the Moment of Truth all right that's not too
different it's very similar I hear a little bit less noise my voice is
actually quite a bit different the AC event I still hear a little bit that low
end Rumble uh but let's go ahead and make this a little bit more difficult I
turned on some Cafe noise just so we can have a noisier environment to test in
these are the originals right here and right away that knocked out a lot of
that low end but the high frequencies are still fairly present now the new
ones all right there you go that's much more of a difference
the low end is gone completely and the high end I still hear a little bit the
eyes are brought down a ton and I can't really tell kind of what's going on in
the background that is a huge huge difference here's a little example of
what I heard all right
now as far as transparency the airpod pros were the best let's go ahead and
turn that back on sounds amazing but even go ahead and say something hey
watch your Apple watch Ultra review yes watch every we tried very hard the
comparison at least you sound perfect I don't know how they can make this any
better and of course this mode uses the microphone so if it gets any better I
mean some microphones get better as well let's take a listen to the new ones
all right Vadim say something subscribe to Max Tech hey subscribe to Max Tech
but I did notice only one difference my voice sounds a little bit worse unless
I'm just getting sick because we've been working way too much but your voice I
get more of that low end uh so it doesn't make it that much better but
that it does sound more natural so I guess they did improve it now as far as
microphone quality the original airpods which I'm using right now they were
never amazing they're okay and lately they have also been superseded and this
is the microphone quality of the airpods pro 2. now you guys let me know in the
comments if they sound any better if they do I think it might be because that
Bluetooth 5.3 and now the moment that I've been waiting for what I've been
waiting for for years now is better audio quality so we're going to start
out with the track you guys will see my expression live we'll go through a
couple of genres let's get started [Music]
unfamiliar bring me back [Music]
all right all right I was not disappointed the difference is not
massive in some of the parts the intro is very similar uh her voice sounds a
little bit more natural it's not like that has been turned down just sounds
smoother which is nice but when that bass kicked in the bass is a lot deeper
and I love that yeah I could hear a lot of the beacons too did you hear more
leakage yeah like literally hear like the song really but not with the air
plus pro one no no I could barely hear it do you think the vent is venting out
a lot more it must be that because I have the same ear tips on or
just a lot more volume
uh it did get a little bit louder yeah it did get a little bit louder but not
significantly yeah so it has to be the venting so if you guys don't like a lot
of leakage and you love maxing out your speakers your earbuds like I do they're
gonna get louder the next song is kind of an upbeat modern classical that
sounds way better on my airpods 3 than my original airpods Pro so I really hope
to see a big difference [Music]
thank you [Music]
foreign
guys Apple's done a good job and this is not even the hardest test one thing I
noticed is that in certain parts these are a lot louder not all the time but
the way the airpods work they have their adaptive EQ so if something's gonna
distort the volume will get adjusted down not that you notice a you know
sudden drop off but in certain parts where there could have been Distortion
with the other one these drivers could play it now obviously more bass like I
mentioned before but the hi-hat had such a nice distinct punch almost like a
punch on your face but it's with the hi-hats and that kind of like a bigger
separation uh from the base so the drivers are definitely a lot better and
same thing with the sound stage and now for this really tough rock song with a
bunch of different stuff going on [Music]
foreign [Music]
guys for a second there I had this kind of weird look it almost sounded like
there was something in the background that maybe should have been there but I
just actually did not notice it at all with the original airpods it might be
one of those drum little uh I don't know what they're called like a little whisk
thing on the drum but anyways I heard on these ones these ones stayed louder as
well which was really nice and definitely the separation between the
instruments are better now I'm used to hearing that on my airpods Max as well
it sounds amazing definitely better than airpods Pro 2 but these are definitely a
step up in every single way I think the one thing that might be a downside is uh
the tweeters when some parts are a little bit lower Maybe because there's
more separation I'm not sure I think a lot of people like that because people
don't like harsh Highs but in general man the sound quality has absolutely
been improved quite dramatically now one
interesting new thing is this ability to personalize a spatialized audio this is
going to use the front camera with the lidar sensor to scan your face and your
ear to make the sound better with the spatialized mode let's try that out
looks like I'm setting a face ID again and now it's going to do my right ear
and it's going to shoot a bunch of tiny lasers in there it actually starts
automatically I can't even see what it's doing but videos recording it here
ready tell me what it says I don't know what to do oh geez okay
wow it did it it's done now one thing you have to know is this is not only for
the airpods pro 2. you can actually do that with the original airpods Pro as
well to improve spatial audio now I went ahead and I listened to the song before
we did that so I know how it sounds like with spatial audio let's take another
listen all right I don't have to listen to that whole track that was an
improvement the one thing that I noticed when I tested out the spatial audio
before is the synth once all the other instruments get smacked in there I
couldn't hear it when I enabled spatial audio without it sounded better which is
why I rarely use spatial audio now some of this tracks got louder and that synth
was still audible so who knows maybe I will use the spatial audio more now and
I think one of the best new features is the ability to find it with the ultra
wide band chip so here I'm in my find my app I can go ahead and play a sound on
here or I can click find nearby and it actually shows me exactly where it is at
and this is amazing because my parents lost their airpods for a year because it
slid in somewhere and they couldn't find it and a lot of people use airpods all
the time so that is so awesome to have I can also play that sound listen to that
that is actually pretty loud that's definitely louder than an air tag
yeah it's almost as loud as a siren on the ultra watch just I think the sirens
louder but not as loud as we thought that is so awesome you guys see that
flashes right there as well if it's dark you're gonna see that I mean I think
that's such a killer reason to buy the new airpods Pro 2 if you're trying to
choose between which one to buy and that leads right into that final Choice
should you upgrade and which one should you buy well as far as which one should
you buy I think unless you're absolutely strapped for cash and in that reason you
probably shouldn't be buying the original airpods Pro anyways I think you
should absolutely get these new ones the sound quality is better yes the battery
life is better yes but having the ability to track it that right there is
a 30 value for an air tag but it's built in with that loud speaker and that can
save you the whole value of the airpods in case you lose them and then of course
the better sound quality and that much better active noise cancellation I think
you apps absolutely should spend the money compared to a discounted pair of
airpods pro 2. with that should you upgrade if you already have airpods Pro
well I think if you love your airpods and use them every single day you've had
these for a while you are absolutely going to enjoy the benefits of the new
ones so if you have the money I would say yes sell your old ones get some of
that money back and upgrade but if you just buy your air pods or if you just
use them casually you don't really care about that extra features well in that
case you're probably not even watching this video so there you guys go check
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this has been Max and I'll see you in the next video
[Music] thank you