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Title: Apple AirPods Pro 3 hands-on: New design and improved ANC are
impressive

Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:32:46 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/audio/headphones/app...

Apple's "pro" AirPods were due for an update. Despite continuously upgrading
the AirPods Pro 2 with new features since their introduction in 2022, Apple
hadn't produced another robust overhaul of its priciest earbuds yet. At
today's iPhone 17 event (or iPhone Air event, depending on who you ask), the
company unveiled the latest model: the AirPods Pro 3. The company has refined
the design, added heart rate sensing, improved active noise cancellation
(ANC), delivered live translation and more. And most importantly, it did so
without increasing the price.

My brief demo with the AirPods Pro 3 focused entirely on the refined ANC. I
wasn't able to try any sustained heart rate tracking or live translation just
yet, but I hope to have other opportunities for that later this week. The
product area is always set up just outside of Steve Jobs Theater and the
marble floors and walls echo seemingly every voice in the large room. It's a
nightmare for trying to shoot a video, but it's a prime testing ground for
active noise cancellation.

Developing...

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https://www.engadget.com/audio/headphones/app...
design-and-improved-anc-are-impressive-183246429.html?src=rss

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