Hey friends, Andrew here - hope you're well! A week on from the iPhone 14 launch and today Apple
has launched the AirPods Pro 2. So in today's video, let's unbox this together I'll share my
very first impressions give it an out of the box audio test and then compare them with both
the airpods pro first gen and also the OG airpods okay here we are here is the standard box that we
get this year's airpods Pro in you know pretty sad stuff what I think is worth pointing out
though is the price of these guys this is the same price as that of the original AirPods Pro
$249 US Dollars that's honestly a good win in the inflation world that we live in currently
and considering how many changes there are included here in gen 2. it's definitely a
win I was hoping for color options in Gen 2 possibly a jet black but nope we've got the
same classic white here it looks essentially the same as a previous gen in but let's compare them
with the first gens here so let's go ahead and unbox this so ripping off the tabs here
These tab pulls are still as amazing as ever
and then here we go opening it up
first things first of course some manuals but let's leave this put this away and let's get to
the important stuff first which is the airpods pro take it right out because this thing here too what
is this oh yes right you've got the charging cable here and the ear tips here which I just found
anyway put putting this away let's take at let's take a look at this case first so essentially uh
immediately like at first glance it doesn't look any different to the airpods first gen I'll take
put this over here just so we can compare but let's open it up now I'll give you a closer look
all right so uh you definitely have subtle differences here uh you have
right here there's an inbuilt lanyard Loop here but the lanyards are sold separately
unfortunately I've seen some third-party options for about 15 popping up though
um but you know if you want to carry this on a lanyard for whatever reason you've got the option
to I think that's a nice option uh something else that I wanted to point out is you're able to now
um you're able to now add in memoji personalization which honestly I don't know why
you'd want a memoji plastered over your case but hey that's me you might enjoy it but I feel like I
have a responsibility responsibility to remind you that the resale value will suffer if you plaster
your emoji over your case if you do eventually plan to sell yours so that's something to note
um just filling in hand okay so this one here this is the new one obviously this is a tad bit
heavier for sure um I don't think it's that much heavier but you can definitely feel it in hand
compared to the older airpods Pro here which is lighter apparently it does weigh 11 heavier than
the original which weighs 45.6 grams but yeah the earbuds are unchanged in weight so you can
you can feel it slightly nothing to be concerned about but just something to I think point out
and then of course we have the lightning Port which is a bit of bummer it's still not USBC
let me bring this up closer to you and so you know this isn't a big issue because I charge
mine wirelessly for this reason when I can there's no USBC especially now that we can now charge via
Apple watch magnetic charging Park so if you guys were an Apple Watch you can charge this
directly on that charging pad instead which is extremely convenient and I can't seem to get the
lint off this case which is annoying um yeah so overall First Impressions at the moment it
looks pretty similar minus a few touches here and there which is as you can see here the uh
speakers for find my easier fine mind detection so it can ping you via these uh speaker speaker
holes here and then you've got the lanyard Loop and essentially everything else looks exactly the
same minus the weight slight weight difference okay so let's take a look at the earbuds now
this looks nice as usual but there is basically no difference there is of course let me close this
there is of course the new uh touch controls which apparently we're right there um let me bring this
closer to you so I don't know if it focuses in you can see that you can now slide uh for volume
control swipe up and down to control the volume I think that's absolutely nice that in itself is
worthy of an upgrade considering these are exactly the same price let's just do a quick Cross check
with the original airpods uh pros and let's hope I don't like confuse these two because they look so
similar so right here we've got the old ones and the new ones I mean there is a slight difference
you can see that there is now a hang on where is it the placement of the subwoofer is on the top
rather than at the bottom here so at the top on the older version there is no subwoofer at the top
and that's honestly about it minus the touch controls on the side but if you're moving
around in public no one's going to be able to tell that you're wearing the new ones they
look essentially the same when they're sliding out of your air so no major difference really
um let me before I put these back in actually let's compare with the
original original airpod air pods not airpod Pros the classic long stems so they look
much shorter as you'd expect and the earbud itself is a bit chunkier but you know pretty
pretty standard stuff here nothing too surprising about these but if you're coming from the original
airpods this should be a huge huge Improvement I'll do a sound test in a minute so you can check
out what the difference is or what my initial impressions of them are so yeah that's that's
the differences with the airpods here as you can see and then of course you have the different
earbud tips they give you extra sizes now so let me pull this out if I can if I don't ruin this
okay seriously how do you get this out I am am I doing something wrong here
what there we go okay so we've got extra small
and then we've got small and then we've got large so assuming that the medium earbud tip is already
on so yeah it's nice that they are catering to more sizes the extra small is great for those
who need it yeah this is a nice touch everything else in the box is pretty standard you've got the
manuals pretty sure it's pretty sand stuff and then I'm sure the sticks are in here somewhere
can someone please tell me actually okay so I was seeing this in multiple manuals now and I don't
know why it's all in Thai like I should probably Google this but if someone told me in the comments
why we're receiving Thai uh I don't I don't I literally have no clue what this is if someone
let me know down in the comments below that'd be great all right so let's pair this up with a new
iPhone 14 pro here and so let's put this back into uh Lich I'm literally already getting confused as
to which one's which but let's put these back in and then let's give it a go and power it up
and I'll give you a sound test right now there we go we're pairing up simple as that click connect
spin a little beep on the case which is really nice that is definitely new and so
we've connected uh press once on either airpod to play pause twice a skip forward adjust the
volume so yeah there's a number of things that you can now do on the sliders super super useful
stuff and then let's go ahead and skip this for now I'm not going to use Siri let's skip that
um set that up later oh interesting that they're not fully charged well probably not surprising
59 64 let's click continue uh six months three three uh not now all right so I'm gonna go ahead
and give you guys a sound test right now okay we've got Spotify here and then we've got the
new airpods Pro 2 here let's plop these in and see how we go I'll give you my actual reaction
uh plopping these in and the medium seems to sit fine uh that fits pretty well I think suction's
pretty good so that was a really fast Power by the way as soon as I plopped it in it detected
my airpods so I think the in-ear detection is definitely improved and that's because of the skin
detection apparently the skin detection has been improved I shouldn't actually just say improved
the skin detection is a new thing on the airpods Pro 2 I believe uh the previous gen air pods had
an optical sensor hence why it's a little slower in its detection wasn't bad at all but this this
was really fast as soon as I slapped it on like let me let me just do it again like yeah it's
it's immediate and by the way the noise canceling noise cancellation not active noise cancellation
but uh noise cancellation from the suction is pretty good like it's really weird at the moment
talking to the camera while I feel like I'm kind of muted anyway let's um pick some music now and
I don't know what to listen to honestly uh let's let's pick a classic here let's go with Claire de
Lune I know that might be a really uh lame pick for some of you guys but I'm a big classical
piano fan so let's go ahead and play that at the same time okay so turning it on right now uh okay
whoa okay I legit have shivers that is I'm not kidding guys I legit have Shivers right now
this is this sounds really good this sounds like a legit have Goosebumps
um wow guys the audio quality has definitely improved I'd say
twofold super crisp and clear audio even if I turn it up and this is near the max
volume now this is really hard to talk to you while this music's playing really loudly
but wow it is it is a big difference and now if I hold into here and I'm going to turn I'm
going to turn on noise cancellation right here let's give that go and test some new H2 chip
most cancellation definitely an improvement I don't know about two times better but it's
definitely an improvement I mean given that I am in a soundproof Studio at the moment 100 sounds
better I cannot hear anything else I can hardly hear myself talk at the moment it's really strange
this sounds great guys definitely definitely an improvement if you're honest if you're thinking
about giving these go go ahead and give them a go I'm pretty sure you're going to see a
big difference changing it to transparency that sounds better I can finally hear my voice now
um it's great I mean does this compete with my over ear headphones like the qc35s no
but the portability alone the noise cancellation from what I can tell at the moment is great it
competes with the qc35s and in this small package I would definitely consider taking
it traveling instead of the bulky over here headphones I'm going to quickly try the uh
spatial audio 2 so let's go head tracked look I can't hear an immediate difference I probably
need to be walking around to actually hear that difference but nonetheless I'm pretty Keen to
give it a proper test later on immediately though the song's still playing by the way
um it sounds great it sounds really really good like the fact that it's the same price
as this one here and mind you I just get I just gave this a quick listen before I put these on
I it's it's a big difference and if you're coming from the original airpods
this is like don't even bother with this guys like don't even bother with this is by the way this is
the second gen airpods don't bother with this um if you have the cash go for the airpods pro this
is my first impression anyway uh the airpods Gen 3 though still worthy of Buy but yeah this is great
it is worth mentioning right now though that there is confirmed that there's no lossless audio but
arguably you don't need lossless audio in earbuds anyway unless you have um an insane Studio setup
and trained ears but I don't know what do you guys think do you really want to see lossless
audio in this because yeah I I personally don't think that it is a deal breaker guys if you made
it to the end of this video make sure you leave the code word comment goosebumps in the comments
below and I'll give it a like I seriously got goosebumps listening to Clair de Lune on the first
go with these it was that good I swear it was not an overreaction um I mean it might have been but I
seriously got goosebumps and the the audio quality I I didn't expect it so I'm Keen to put it through
its Paces that was my initial reaction but yeah let me know if you guys are planning to get these
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