2025
Almost three years after Apple introduced the original AirPods Pro 2 (updated with USB-C in 2023) with category-defining sound quality and active noise cancellation (ANC), I can safely say that just about every company making ANC wireless earbuds has caught up or surpassed them, and often with buds that are sold for less than $250. Basic wireless earbuds features—good audio, good ANC, and good battery life—are table stakes, and each of these is improved on AirPods Pro 3. Apple’s third-gen ANC wireless earbuds are an excellent gen-over-gen upgrade and an even bigger leap if you’re coming from first-gen AirPods Pro.
But what’s more interesting is seeing how Apple transforms the AirPods Pro 3 into a health and fitness-centric wearable and a vessel for AI features like Live Translation. To borrow a quote that’s often misattributed to Wayne Gretzky, AirPods Pro 3 “skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”
AirPods Pro 3 Apple's third-gen ANC wireless earbuds improve all the basics and lay the foundation for going beyond audio with health and AI features. See at Amazon Pros Even better fit
Even better fit Terrific sound
Terrific sound Improved ANC
Improved ANC Longer single-charge battery life
Longer single-charge battery life Simultaneous heart rate tracking and music
Simultaneous heart rate tracking and music On-device Live Translation works
On-device Live Translation works IP57 rating Cons Less total battery life with case
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