Apple launched AirPods Pro 3 last month to widespread praise from reviewers. I’ve been using AirPods Pro 3 since upgrading on day one, and my experience has been a little more complicated so far.
Amazing audio quality and ANC are two very important highlights
My AirPods Pro 3 impressions after one month have not at all been what I expected.
When Apple rolled out new iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods products last month, the latter seemed like the most non-controversial, no-brainer upgrade of the batch.
My colleague Chance’s AirPods Pro 3 review summed up early sentiment well: “The best get even better.”
I love my AirPods Pro 2, and on paper at least, Apple’s new model is superior. In some ways, that’s proven true.
Improved audio quality and active noise cancellation have been big highlights for me. I can very much tell that both features are improved over my AirPods Pro 2.
And that’s important, because audio quality and ANC are easily the two AirPods features I care most about.
But unlike AirPods Pro 2, which were better in every way than their predecessor, the story with AirPods Pro 3 has been more complicated for me.
That’s primarily due to issues in two areas:
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