I don't know. It doesn't matter because
me, I'm going to buy them anyway. I mean, that's the Apple way, in it. It's
time for Linus sequester tips. I have intentionally learned absolutely nothing
about the AirPods Pro Gen 2s. Because if you guys been following for a long time,
you probably already know I am a daily driver of the original AirPods Pros, in
spite of the fact that Apple insists on treating me like a secondass citizen
because I have the audacity to daily drive an Android phone with them. And
that's right. I can't adjust product settings, can't monitor my battery life
without clunky third party apps, and cannot even update my firmware because,
and this is why I didn't buy enough Apple products. But damn it, nobody does
it quite as well as Apple does. And the
original AirPods Pros have this magical
combination of an extremely sleek and
easily pocketable case, decent battery life, outstanding active noise
cancellation, good enough sound quality,
and the best comfort that I have personally ever experienced in an in-ear
headphone. This is a big deal for me because I have a bit of a unique use
case. I actually sleep with my earphones in and it's a habit that I picked up
back when we had a young child and it was my wife's job to take care of the
baby and my job to go to work the next morning. I needed to be able to sleep
and now it's a crutch that I just rely
on quite frankly. I'm going to open things up in a totally uncharacteristic
manner by criticizing Apple. Apple, why
the are these things still white? We're not talking like something that goes in
your pocket or that goes in a case and that is never going to see the the dirt
and grime of the real world. Look at my
AirPods. Look at that. Even ignoring the like ear goo that's actually inside it.
It's just yellow now. It's gross. You
can really tell when you hold it up to the new ones. This speaker on the case,
that is an awesome feature. Whether I'll
actually be able to use it or not because I don't daily drive an iPhone.
Well, that's a completely separate conversation, isn't it? But at least for
people who do use iPhones, you can use the Find My app and beep the case, which
would be pretty great for me because this is actually my fourth set of first
generation AirPods. I had one break. It
developed kind of a rattle in one of the earphones. Then I lost that set. Then I
lost another set. Now I'm on my fourth.
Yeah. Everything stains it. Look at the
color of my case compared to this case. Why? Because I wear blue jeans. How dare
you wear blue jeans? I want black AirPods.
Dbrand. They're probably the sponsor today, aren't they? Now seems like as
good a time as any to talk about Dbrand's Grip Case. It's super grippy.
What? No way. Grip case is grippy? Wow. It's wild. Also, it stays on with the
adhesive for the top part. And then a nice snug fit for the bottom. You can
still access your pairing button right back here. You still got holes for your
speaker and all that. Down here on the bottom, you can see your indicator light here on the front. And it basically just
makes them more impact resistant, which who could say no to that, right? They
may be chaotic, but you can't say they have bad taste. I really like this. This
is their new, what is this called? Pallets collection. Always coming up
with new ways to get us to buy the same sticker. Aren't you smart? You can check
them out at dbrand whatever bullit they
put at the end of it. Probably something rude. It's in the video description.
First, let's crack open the dock and talk about the differences between
second generation AirPods Pros and the originals. It feels like they're a
little bit heavier. If they are, it's not much. They come in at the same
price, $250. So, these are not flipping cheap. They
offer 6 hours of listening, 5 and a half with spatial audio and headtracking.
Compared to the previous gen, which got 4 and 1/2 hours with&c on and five
with&c off. The case actually includes more recharge than the original case.
They get you 30 hours versus just 24. They have the same IPX4 sweat and water
resistance. And blast from the past. Is
that a spot to hang your little your little jewels and little characters off
of like like classic cell phones? That's what those little loops are for, right?
While we're at it, can we bring back the little tiny backpacks that are like this
big and have the little skinny straps, right? Those never left.
They never left. You know what else never left? Buying the LT backpack,
which is a little bigger, but also holds a lot more stuff. Guys, check it out.
ltstore.com. As you guys can probably imagine, I drop my AirPods fairly
frequently. I wonder if the magnetic strength of the top latch is a little
stronger. Maybe magnets, so it shouldn't affect much.
Nope, that seems basically exactly the same. How often does Apple do this? Same
price, bigger battery. It's not noticeable, but either way, I mean, I
consider that a W. I did hear that. Holy
crap. I heard they're not backwards compatible. Holy snikes was that ever
harder to get off. Like, that's how hard it is to get my old ones off. Is that a
larger driver? Very hard to tell. The mesh looks like the same size. But
either way, let's uh let's go ahead and try and put my old one on here. I'm just
curious. Looks like if you really wanted to use old ear tips, you could. Oh crap.
Which one's which now? Okay, here's the yellowed one. Uh to be clear, it's never
been a problem for me. I thought that they're, you know, proprietary ear tips
were going to be like a big issue like
and it's all is pretty anti-consumer one way or another, but I have never lost an
ear tip on these. And I've lost a lot of ear tips over the years. They've got one
inward-facing microphone, a skin detection sensor, a motion sensing
accelerometer, a speech detecting accelerometer, and touch controls. Oh
god, are they touch controls or is it still squeeze? Please tell me it's still
squeeze controls. Both. When I lay on a
on a pillow, sometimes touch controls can start controlling things. So, in
addition to the squeeze controls, which you can use for Siri or to change your
noise cancellation profile, you can adjust volume by sliding on the stem.
Oh, okay. It's in steps, so you kind of
you kind of pet them. Hello, little ear. Would you like to
listen to it a little bit softer? Uh, I would not describe that as the best.
They use Apple's new H2 headphone chip, so theoretically that'll give us like
better audio performance, better spatial audio, that sort of thing. not super
into the whole spatial audio thing. I don't really care. And then in the charging case, you've got their U1 chip,
like ultra wideband or whatever it's called. Basically, it helps you find it. Oh, it's also Mag Safe now. And my
understanding is you can charge this thing on the Apple Watch charger now,
which always was like shockingly stupid to me that you couldn't do. Is that
right? Has anyone confirmed that? Confirmed. Sick. It's time to listen to
both of them. Oh man, I am super excited
for the active noise cancellation because Apples was already at or among
the best. And they say it is two times
better. Oo, temporarily share audio. Now
sharing. Oh, sick. Man, the first genes 1's ANC is so good
that it's just like goodbye world. Can it really be that much better? H. Okay,
I've got them in transparency mode right now. They definitely sound different. I
don't know that I would say that they sound more natural. There's always going
to be a little bit of unnaturalenness when you're trying to pick up your own
voice in a microphone and then play it back into your own ears. Like, tell me
about the weekend. Uh, I slept for 12 hours on the weekend.
No, no, the musician. God, I don't care about your life. No, I'm
It's just because you were listening to The Weekend on here that I was inspired
to make a mean joke. Yes, I would like to hear about your weekend. He's crying.
My weekend was good. Been playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Uh, and it's a pretty
good game. You get to be a cowboy. Love to be a cowboy.
My own voice sounds a little unnatural. I got to say, talking to someone else,
wow, that is very close. That's pretty
cool. Okay, ANC time. Goodbye, world.
Hi, Jake. How was your day? Yeah, I'm talking at my normal volume
that I was talking at before. Now, that's funky. Here's the thing.
Active noise cancellation is not designed for sudden noises. It's not
really designed to block out speech from an individual. Drone of speech in the
background in a cafe, yeah, sure, no problem. But an individual talking, it's
not really made for that. It's more for like bus engine, things like that. Like
I'm underwater and you're above the surface, like you're far away and and
like kind of Charlie Brown, you know?
B. Okay.
Hi, Jake. How was your day? Yeah, I'm talking again at the same
volume I was talking at before to see if I still sound like a Peanuts character.
I'm an adult now. Oh, yeah. You an adult for sure, huh?
These are looking like a fairly mighty tool in my arsenal right now. Uh, better
in detection. I never had issues with the firstg optical sensors, but
apparently the skin detection sensors are more reliable and help with battery
life. So, that's cool. Something hip and cool that has lossless and
holy crap. I can barely hear you. Just a gosh darn second here. Can I adjust
that? So, noise control or Siri and you
can toggle between uh noise cancellation, transparency, and off. I
don't know if you were always able to toggle between all three, but that's that's super cool. Apple now has a a
much more robust suite of tools at your disposal to make sure that you are going
to get a good listening experience because it's as important to pick
headphones that are good for you as it is to pick good headphones. So, they've
got their personal spatial audio thing where you can use the True Depth front-facing camera to take like a
picture of your ear and it'll create a custom EQ for you. Personally, I'm not that into that kind of stuff, but this
is a great tool that helps you select exactly the right ear tips for your ears
that is enhanced by the inclusion of a new size of extra small ear tips now.
So, they still ship with the medium, but they come with small, large, and extra
small, which are going to be an absolute gamecher for you if you are a smallered
individual cuz it affects everything, noise cancellation, performance, and
acoustic quality. There does not appear
to be a noise cancellation intensity
setting. Apple, I know you're not a fan, but please, just because I'm the one
saying it doesn't make it a bad idea. Could you please have an intensity
slider on the noise cancellation? Why is this hard? No, it should. You should be
able to find the case even if you have the AirPods in your ear. That's the
whole point of having the speaker separately, I would think. Shut up,
train. How many billions of dollars a year do you guys spend on R&D again?
What order is this in? It's not by device type. It's not alphabetical. You
know what? I wonder if it's because I was not signed into my Apple ID when I
paired them. That seems like a possibility. Also, did I just click
Bluetooth settings? What happened to it?
Black or white? Michael Jackson's vision. You know, I was worried when
they talked about the enhanced bass that we would end up with a super V-shaped
curve and they were just going to be like out of control bass heavy, but
that's not the case at all. They just rumble deeper. One of the most
unappreciated benefits of active noise cancellation is that I am listening to
this perfectly comfortable with great
clarity at like 20% volume. That's
awesome because I'm not going to be distracted by everything around me that
I'm trying to drown out by turning up my headphones causing irreparable ear
damage, right? These sound great. Auto pause and play, super responsive. There
is no question in my mind whatsoever. But might as well listen to them back to
back. I always thought my AirPods Pro A&C was so good, but now now that I've
heard the difference, I'm like, "Oh yeah, I can totally hear the HVAC." Way
less defined bass. These were, like I said, good enough. These might actually
sound good. To be clear, there are some
other products that have gotten really close. Sony's latest offering, what are
they, the XM4s or whatever, they are
great, but the earphones, they're pretty bulky. The case is pretty bulky. They
sound amazing. Their ANC is excellent. LG's FP8s, they absolutely nailed the
comfort. Uh, they nailed how lightweight they are. My two main issues with these
is that the case is higher profile which makes it a little tougher to slip in and
out of the pocket. And they have a bit of a an idle battery drain problem that
makes it so they're less likely if I don't use them for a few days to have a
charge compared to Apple's excellent idle battery management. Yeah, I guess
these are my new daily drivers until someone comes along and completely
dethrones them, which I'd appreciate by the way. Just hasn't happened quite yet.
If you guys enjoyed this, you can check out our video on the Sony XM 4s. They're
a viable alternative, even if ultimately I'm going to keep giving Apple my money.