Ron Huang, Apple VP of Sensing and Connectivity, explained on the Brian Tong podcast that the USB-C AirPods Pro have an upgraded chip with 5 GHz connectivity, whereas the Lightning ones only have a 2.4 GHz chip. This reduces latency and provides for lossless audio with the Vision Pro. They do have a better chip.

I recently moved from the Beats Fit Pro to Airpods Pro 2 USB-C and I'm really impressed. I was a bit concerned about how these would fit, but they're really secure and the sound quality is excellent. Noise cancelling is very good too, definitely a step up compared to the Beats. They're also not fatiguing to listen to or uncomfortable over longer durations.

In depth review. Good job. Keep it up 🎉

Great to hear there is a difference between the original and the Pro2 Airpods.

I love my new AirPods Pro after the original ones they sound so good and the new software features are really cool I can’t wait to see what Apple will do with them in the future

I can watch Digital Trends all day. Love the tech talk.

I have an iPhone 14 ProMax and 2nd gen AirPods Pro with all of the updates. I have noticed that it seems to lower the volume well when I’m talking to a coworker but guess I haven’t had a conversation yet that allows the music to creep back in if I don’t talk for a bit while listening to someone. I can also say that when there is a loud noise, like urinal flashing and paper towel dispenser, the music volume will increase to overcome the background noise. I wasn’t aware of these updated features at first and it freaked me out 😂 but after a few days I have come to appreciate them.

Great content!

I mean I guess it makes sense that it would only start with Vision Pro because it will always be close enough to do high end audio. Whereas with the iPhone, there’s much greater potential that they could get far away from their source.

Great video. I would add that spatial audio is the game changer for me, and that alone is a reason to buy them. For me personally, using spatialize stereo mode was a breakthrough, simply because I realized I don’t like hearing music coming from inside my head, and explains why I have always preferred speakers. This means I now almost always listen to music on my AirPods Pro 2, because combined with the personalization, the EQ is also better, and I get noise cancellation.

Thanks for answering what i thinking about version&firmware in lightning port🙌

I had to turn off conversation awareness because it kept lowering when I was singing to a song

8:39 I have the same issue with the speak-to-chat function on the WH-1000XM5. If I'm listening to the other person for more than a few seconds, the music kicks back in. So, feature stays off and I'll remove the cans. Seems like the politer thing to do anyway.

Great review.

Nice review , over all good video, I really liked the ANC capabilities of AirPod pro 2

Could you make a video about lossless audio over AirPlay 2. The internet seems torn over whether or not lossless is really being played

Would it not still be 16bit audio and then using the remaining 4bit for the virtual surround application and communication between the AirPods and the source vision device?

Where's the sound quality review part in these headphones? Maybe I missed something...

If it was possible to post pictures here I would post one of THAT door. So many old obsolete usb, proprietary cables and power that I don't even know what they were for

Absolutely love mine. Massive step up for standard AirPods

I am easily entertained by the fact that your watch reads 4:20 during the unboxing. Very nice! Thank you.🚭

Also shout out to the person who did the audio editing in this video! It made me feel more immersed whenever the effects happened.

I wish iOS had at least a basic system wide EQ by now. My hearing loss keeps me from discerning anything at 4000hz-8000hz and it sucks having to choose between AirPods or my Bluetooth hearing aids with inferior audio.

I just got these and pretty excited if they make lossless work wirelessly with everything.

I went from a Gen 2 normal airpods, to the Pro2's.. and major difference in quality!!! While listenting to the same music, I can hear new things while it's playing!!

I will bet wireless lossless has a range of max with the H2 chips of like 5 feet and even less through a body. The distance from the vision pro and the ear bud is mere inches so I bet that’s why it’s only on the vision pro.

Audio on Spotify is generally flat and I have been saying this before Apple introduced lossless audio, and I think it is due to copyright on music software Spotify has created and licensing agreements with artists/ music company for streaming rights.

In Jan 2024 just picked up AirPods Pro 2 and I’m loving them. My first AirPods and my fourth earbuds. Joining a Jlabs and two other generic brands. Haven’t invested much in earbuds because they all eventually fall out of my ears. Nothing works. So like all of em had to get eartips/wingtips for AirPods. Digging conversation awareness and while I have adaptive noise cancelling on, yeah not aware of its feature yet. Glad I finally got these.

It's USB-C and the IP54 Dust resistance for me. I work in a wood shop. ANC needs more adjusting. It doesn't handle air nozzle and saw noises very well.

Awesome video as always! Could you do a comparison video of the sound quality of the AirPods pro VS the Sony wh-1000xm5? More specifically....what is the difference in quality of music vs each being played on Spotify vs apple music? Currently on Android using Spotify but going to switch to iPhone soon (that's its own experience)..but wondering for the best audio quality should i upgrade to xm5 (from xm4) or go full Apple ecosystem and get the AirPods pro (with then a switch to Apple Music).

*Can we also get a list of AptX lossless earbuds/headphones?*

If I may ask, is it possible to reverse charge the USB-C Airpods Pro 2 using an iPhone 14 or some earlier versions with the lightning port? (Through a USB-C to lightning cable, of course) Been searching for an answer on this issue and will definitely help me decide what version to pick up considering in our local area, the prices for the lightning-airpods pros have gone down quite a bit. :)

I have both airpod pro 2 usb c and samsung pro 2's and samsung just upgraded to allow the new auracast functionality is the only one right now at least at the end of September. They also have lossless wireless. My guess is they will be adding auracast or their own version of it

When can we expect Hisense U7K TV review?

the Conversation Awareness feature is same as the Speak to Chat feature introduced in Sony wf-1000xm4 which has the same annoyance and i turned it off. have similarly turned the conversation awareness off on my airpods pro 2

How noticeable is the improvement in ANC strength compared to pro 2 lightning.

I have they Galaxy buds pro 2 and the do all of these flawlessly, have you reviewed?

The conversation feature is good but what if you start singing along to the music ? Wont the volume also go down hence being abit annoying? What are your thoughts?

Heard that Bose released THREE new headphones. Can you check on them please Caleb? Thank you.

Well somewhat luckily for me I accidentally ended up loosing my AirPods Prov1 Case and I wasn’t about to pay half the price for a new set on a case so I’m going to upgrade to the Gen 2 USBC case, gives me a good excuse to upgrade since I kinda wanted too anyways 🤘🏻

Love the AirPods Pro! Now Apple give High Resolution for music not just for the Apple Vision but also for Music.

@DigitalTrends Does the conversation awareness simply kick-in when you are just singing along or jamming to a song? Or can it differentiate that?

I currently have regular 2nd gen AirPods and I’m excited to make the switch

I know I'm like one in a mill, but I still rip my fav albums in AIFF and I was wondering if the new Airpods sounded better with that codec

My understanding is that Apple said that it uses the 5ghz frequency enabled by the H2 chip inside the AirPods. They take advantage of the closeness of the Airpods to the Vision Pro to use that frequency.

Pretty much nailed it on this video. I do agree with predictions! and the new features are actually surprisingly good, i had that "magic moment" on the train the other day when i realised i could hear the background really softly but realised it wasn't transparency mode and train was way more louder in reality,

I was wondering what you were doing after Ozarks

One note on conversation awareness… I play Call of Duty Mobile on my iPad and with this feature enabled, it disables the sound of the game when the person or people I’m talking to are my teammates in the game! Lol anyway, you’ll have to turn this setting off if playing a multiplayer game and talking to teammates. Not sure how they could fix this.

Good job explaining everything. I went ahead and upgraded from my Gen 2 AirPods Pro with lightning simply because the USB-C ones were on sale and I’m cleaning house on lightning devices. Do I notice a difference besides the charger needed? No. Sounds just as good as the previous ones. I do think the USB-C model will gain more functionality over time compared to the lightning Gen 2 but we’ll have to see.

2:48 i dont think anyone was arguing that it was stupid. I think most people knew why they were doing it and disliked how greedy it is. Keeping a decade old cable that needed an upgrade a while ago, for the sake of raking in dough is pretty crappy.

I can confirm that conversation awareness works brilliant

3:56 but can you charge the lightning AirPods from the usb c AirPods case?

I wish Apple should made this in different colors, Like Beats do

Great video Caleb. I’m actually curious now when you mentioned the differences in Apple Music to Spotify. I personally listen to UKposts music which recently I feel like UKposts has received flak for “auto” setting your quality to lower to save themselves bandwidth. I think it would make for a great video comparing the different providers or maybe on your Q+A video.

I’ve noticed on my AirPods, conversation awareness gets triggered by running water over a sink but that’s pretty much it.

11:20 might want to specify that you need the 2nd generation of AirPods Pro as I don’t believe these features are available on the 1st gen

Conversation awareness doesn’t work properly on mine. It gets triggered with non vocal sounds. It also gets activated when i try to sing in the tune in spotify or youtube. Haha

I just bought this today. Looking forward to using them 🥰 I loved my AirPods Pro but I’ve been wanting to get the second generation Pros 🥰

Can you charge using lightning to usb-c?

Mir gefallen die neuen sehr gut ❤

Is it normal to have a white noise sound (kind of like a very faint raining sound) when using Anc and transparency mode?

I was thinking of gifting my wife the AirPods Pro 2 for Christmas. And one of my favorite reviewers drops this video. Thank you Caleb for the well crafted informative video. I can watch your channel all day long and not get bored.

I think this is a good point, but the advantage of the Vision Pro is that they always know exactly how far away your AirPods will be from the Vision Pro - very, very close. The distance from an iPhone will always be further and sometimes very far. Much easier to guarantee lossless quality over such a short distance.

You’re just the best Caleb. Thank you for what you do

My AirPods Pro have been trashed for the last 6 months or so. Mics completely don’t work anymore, and I even have a piece of wire stuck in the case to get one of them to charge. I’ve been waiting to get new ones cuz I know they’ve been working on lossless wireless audio. Finally they have the chip to make it possible. Ordered today. I know it isn’t supported yet outside the goofy headset, and I’ll likely need a new phone with the h2 chip when they decide it’s a good idea (likely with a release of the AirPods Max with an h2 chip I’d imagine to create some of that sweet publicity) but I’ve also been waiting for usb c on iPhone so I’m ready for when it all comes together. The fact that they made it possible is enough for me. Idk why they like to do this software features come a year after release with the AirPods, I guess sales probably that’s what it always is. Guess it’s about the time window for them to be trashed and you need new ones lol. Also got that AppleCare+ as I’m now all too familiar with how disposable these things are now. In a year when that h2 phone drops with the software update I’ll be a happy man listening to lossless audio and finally charging everything with one cord. Who knows, maybe I’m completely wrong, but I really needed new ones anyways and it feels like the dream is near.

Data transfer speeds aren’t there with lightning so it was a matter of time they moved to usb-c.

The transparency feature with not having to pause it while talking I was thinking so how does it know that you’ve finished talking.., well interrupting someone sounds like a good idea to keep it at bay lol

I'm a long-time android user, and I told my wife I would switch to Apple once they come out with USB-C. I'm really curious how these perform from the samsung Pro 2 headphones.

Do you think these are worth the upgrade from the AirPods 3rd generation

I was excited to use the conversation awareness feature until I realized I like to sing along with music and the volume kept going down. I hurried up and turn that off 😂

Good review and yes I own both AirPods Pro 1st and 2nd generation and the sounds as well as the noise cancellation is better on the 2nd generation, not by much but is better nonetheless and cloth covered cable?, never heard that term before is called braided cable although I guess cloth covered is also accurate.

How good is the mic on the airpods pro 2? Is it good enough to be used for zoom calls without an external mic when you're in a pinch, or am I better off using my old pair of wired buds?

One of the downsides of conversation awareness is that if you are exercising and make “exercising noises” like heavy breathing or grunts, moans, whatever you call it, it will activate and turn down your music and enable transparency. I really only use my AirPod Pro when working out so I turned off the feature.

Want pro vision…when you get them, please let me know! I can help with real world testing. Thanks, you’re awesome.

Someone should be talking about the failure rate of the USB C connector port which apparently seems to fail regularly.

Interesting! Excellent review!! It makes me want to get some AirPods, even though I generally don’t like things in my ears. But I am flying today and wish I had them for the trip. Guess I will break out my wired earbuds. I love cloth covered cables too! I am not sure how I feel about the USB-C thing. I currently have the iPhone 13 Pro Max and am not thrilled about having to start all over with chargers when I upgrade. I am proud to say that I no longer have any massive boxes of obsolete cables. I did a massive purging several months ago at my sister’s insistence when she came for a visit several months ago. These various adaptive features sound really good. Since I have no wireless earbuds at all, I would find it helpful to know just a teeny tiny bit about the general audio quality but maybe you covered that elsewhere? I didn’t really understand the whole thing about uncompressed lossless audio and it only working with the Apple Vision Pro headset. So, does it work with these earbuds or do you need the Apple Pro vision headset too? If so, that feature would be useless to me. I totally agree with you and your daughter about Spotify. I subscribed to both Spotify and Apple Music when I recently bought my Marantz Model 40N and fortunately it didn’t take me any time at all to gravitate to Apple and build my library and playlists there, so I don’t really need to do anything but drop Spotify. Best part is I still have four months left to go with my free six month trial of Apple Music! P.S. I am so glad to see an album back on your shelf, albeit one that is pretty dark and murky in that light. I am not sure if you’re publishing these videos in any kind of linear order so don’t know which was shot first - the QM8 vs the X95L video or this one. Also, glad to see you happier!

Spent 2 hours trying to figure out find my, brand new and they don't show up. Only can connect on bt, no pop up screens like before

But lossless quality with Apple Music is available to all.. maybe I misunderstood but sounded like you said it wasn’t

the iPhone 15 line up have the H2 chip & they could enable this now but I don’t think they will.

Looks in drawer and sees wide pin ipod charging cable from 2008! 😮😅

the Fresh Pot 🙌

I just bought my first Apple earphones, the AirPods Pro Gen 2 USB-C. The bass is waaay too much. I much prefer Sony XM4.

so does the AirPods pro 2 usbc have a better latency if im using it for music production through my DAW like ableton? im very surprised that nobody talk about it on internet

if you have cats Cloth or braided cables are a plus.

Great review! Thanks for mentioning a possible Lossless 20. Big deal, indeed. Any hopes for High-Res 24 in the future? Proud of your daughter, too. I hope my daughter will be like yours one day!

I do have that bin -- 4 of them.

I’m still using the OG AirPod pro

Can’t wait for Apple to update the AirPods Max with the latest Spacial Lossless audio, UltraBand2 chipset and USB-C port including the improve ANC with conversation boost technology. That would be amazing.

3:03 you know me so well, HOW!? how do you know that I have that one small cabinet of cables and power adapters? 😁

Even though I have been a Spotify fan for years but after listening to Apples lossless music Spotify sounds so low quality and hollow. It’s a shame to see Spotify so lagging behind even though they’re leading the market on music streaming.

I have one and it’s amazing

Why the hell do they still have them stupid stems?

Regarding lossless, I would think it is Apple's version of UWB. UWB offers both a much higher bitrate (so lossless) AND about 3x the range of Bluetooth. I was really hoping, when the AirPods Pro 2 were coming out, that Apple would have switched to UWB as I really am used to lossless now. Would have been a coup or Apple as it would have shaken up the entire industry not just for headphones but for wireless speakers and all would follow. They didn't but they may well have done so now without telling anyone! I will not be buying the AVP but hopefully Apple will incorporate the chip in the upcoming iPhones. - can't believe they would have done this just for the AVP.

Imagine u end up jay walking with that noise cancelling on and you don’t hear that on coming bus. 😅

Got a free replacement from my old AirPod pro 2s and the new ones sound much better.

I feel very singled out about my unused cable bin.😂

That’s my girl! You are a great father! 😎

Abraidible cables are Awesome..

Need these. My originals are basically dead now after I dropped them too much. Battery life still okay.

Worth upgrading from gen 1?