WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:05.680 I don't know. It doesn't matter because 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:09.519 me, I'm going to buy them anyway. I mean, that's the Apple way, in it. It's 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:14.639 time for Linus sequester tips. I have intentionally learned absolutely nothing 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:18.320 about the AirPods Pro Gen 2s. Because if you guys been following for a long time, 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:22.960 you probably already know I am a daily driver of the original AirPods Pros, in 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:27.279 spite of the fact that Apple insists on treating me like a secondass citizen 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:31.439 because I have the audacity to daily drive an Android phone with them. And 00:00:29.599 --> 00:00:35.440 that's right. I can't adjust product settings, can't monitor my battery life 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:41.760 without clunky third party apps, and cannot even update my firmware because, 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:49.840 and this is why I didn't buy enough Apple products. But damn it, nobody does 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:53.039 it quite as well as Apple does. And the 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:56.320 original AirPods Pros have this magical 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:58.879 combination of an extremely sleek and 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:04.159 easily pocketable case, decent battery life, outstanding active noise 00:01:00.879 --> 00:01:07.119 cancellation, good enough sound quality, 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:13.200 and the best comfort that I have personally ever experienced in an in-ear 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:17.600 headphone. This is a big deal for me because I have a bit of a unique use 00:01:15.119 --> 00:01:21.360 case. I actually sleep with my earphones in and it's a habit that I picked up 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:24.799 back when we had a young child and it was my wife's job to take care of the 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:29.920 baby and my job to go to work the next morning. I needed to be able to sleep 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:31.759 and now it's a crutch that I just rely 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:37.759 on quite frankly. I'm going to open things up in a totally uncharacteristic 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:39.840 manner by criticizing Apple. Apple, why 00:01:37.759 --> 00:01:43.680 the are these things still white? We're not talking like something that goes in 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:49.040 your pocket or that goes in a case and that is never going to see the the dirt 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:51.920 and grime of the real world. Look at my 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:58.079 AirPods. Look at that. Even ignoring the like ear goo that's actually inside it. 00:01:54.479 --> 00:01:59.439 It's just yellow now. It's gross. You 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:04.479 can really tell when you hold it up to the new ones. This speaker on the case, 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:06.240 that is an awesome feature. Whether I'll 00:02:04.479 --> 00:02:09.360 actually be able to use it or not because I don't daily drive an iPhone. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.440 Well, that's a completely separate conversation, isn't it? But at least for 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:19.360 people who do use iPhones, you can use the Find My app and beep the case, which 00:02:16.959 --> 00:02:25.440 would be pretty great for me because this is actually my fourth set of first 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:27.760 generation AirPods. I had one break. It 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:34.480 developed kind of a rattle in one of the earphones. Then I lost that set. Then I 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:37.519 lost another set. Now I'm on my fourth. 00:02:34.480 --> 00:02:40.319 Yeah. Everything stains it. Look at the 00:02:37.519 --> 00:02:45.200 color of my case compared to this case. Why? Because I wear blue jeans. How dare 00:02:43.200 --> 00:02:48.480 you wear blue jeans? I want black AirPods. 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:51.840 Dbrand. They're probably the sponsor today, aren't they? Now seems like as 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:57.599 good a time as any to talk about Dbrand's Grip Case. It's super grippy. 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:02.159 What? No way. Grip case is grippy? Wow. It's wild. Also, it stays on with the 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.760 adhesive for the top part. And then a nice snug fit for the bottom. You can 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:08.800 still access your pairing button right back here. You still got holes for your 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:15.519 speaker and all that. Down here on the bottom, you can see your indicator light here on the front. And it basically just 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:19.599 makes them more impact resistant, which who could say no to that, right? They 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:23.120 may be chaotic, but you can't say they have bad taste. I really like this. This 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:27.680 is their new, what is this called? Pallets collection. Always coming up 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:33.840 with new ways to get us to buy the same sticker. Aren't you smart? You can check 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:35.519 them out at dbrand whatever bullit they 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:39.360 put at the end of it. Probably something rude. It's in the video description. 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:42.480 First, let's crack open the dock and talk about the differences between 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:46.159 second generation AirPods Pros and the originals. It feels like they're a 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:50.159 little bit heavier. If they are, it's not much. They come in at the same 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:55.200 price, $250. So, these are not flipping cheap. They 00:03:52.720 --> 00:03:58.640 offer 6 hours of listening, 5 and a half with spatial audio and headtracking. 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:04.000 Compared to the previous gen, which got 4 and 1/2 hours with&c on and five 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:09.280 with&c off. The case actually includes more recharge than the original case. 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:15.439 They get you 30 hours versus just 24. They have the same IPX4 sweat and water 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:17.840 resistance. And blast from the past. Is 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:22.079 that a spot to hang your little your little jewels and little characters off 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:25.520 of like like classic cell phones? That's what those little loops are for, right? 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:29.759 While we're at it, can we bring back the little tiny backpacks that are like this 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:32.880 big and have the little skinny straps, right? Those never left. 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:37.120 They never left. You know what else never left? Buying the LT backpack, 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:40.800 which is a little bigger, but also holds a lot more stuff. Guys, check it out. 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:45.440 ltstore.com. As you guys can probably imagine, I drop my AirPods fairly 00:04:43.520 --> 00:04:50.479 frequently. I wonder if the magnetic strength of the top latch is a little 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:55.919 stronger. Maybe magnets, so it shouldn't affect much. 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:59.919 Nope, that seems basically exactly the same. How often does Apple do this? Same 00:04:57.919 --> 00:05:04.800 price, bigger battery. It's not noticeable, but either way, I mean, I 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:06.560 consider that a W. I did hear that. Holy 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:10.479 crap. I heard they're not backwards compatible. Holy snikes was that ever 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:15.280 harder to get off. Like, that's how hard it is to get my old ones off. Is that a 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:18.400 larger driver? Very hard to tell. The mesh looks like the same size. But 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:21.840 either way, let's uh let's go ahead and try and put my old one on here. I'm just 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:26.479 curious. Looks like if you really wanted to use old ear tips, you could. Oh crap. 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:30.880 Which one's which now? Okay, here's the yellowed one. Uh to be clear, it's never 00:05:28.400 --> 00:05:35.759 been a problem for me. I thought that they're, you know, proprietary ear tips 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:38.240 were going to be like a big issue like 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:43.120 and it's all is pretty anti-consumer one way or another, but I have never lost an 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:47.520 ear tip on these. And I've lost a lot of ear tips over the years. They've got one 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:51.600 inward-facing microphone, a skin detection sensor, a motion sensing 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:57.039 accelerometer, a speech detecting accelerometer, and touch controls. Oh 00:05:54.960 --> 00:06:02.400 god, are they touch controls or is it still squeeze? Please tell me it's still 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:05.199 squeeze controls. Both. When I lay on a 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:09.120 on a pillow, sometimes touch controls can start controlling things. So, in 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:12.880 addition to the squeeze controls, which you can use for Siri or to change your 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:18.880 noise cancellation profile, you can adjust volume by sliding on the stem. 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:21.120 Oh, okay. It's in steps, so you kind of 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:25.199 you kind of pet them. Hello, little ear. Would you like to 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:30.000 listen to it a little bit softer? Uh, I would not describe that as the best. 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:34.080 They use Apple's new H2 headphone chip, so theoretically that'll give us like 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:37.199 better audio performance, better spatial audio, that sort of thing. not super 00:06:35.840 --> 00:06:42.080 into the whole spatial audio thing. I don't really care. And then in the charging case, you've got their U1 chip, 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:46.960 like ultra wideband or whatever it's called. Basically, it helps you find it. Oh, it's also Mag Safe now. And my 00:06:45.440 --> 00:06:50.240 understanding is you can charge this thing on the Apple Watch charger now, 00:06:48.479 --> 00:06:53.280 which always was like shockingly stupid to me that you couldn't do. Is that 00:06:51.520 --> 00:06:59.919 right? Has anyone confirmed that? Confirmed. Sick. It's time to listen to 00:06:56.479 --> 00:07:01.919 both of them. Oh man, I am super excited 00:06:59.919 --> 00:07:08.800 for the active noise cancellation because Apples was already at or among 00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:12.240 the best. And they say it is two times 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:14.880 better. Oo, temporarily share audio. Now 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:19.599 sharing. Oh, sick. Man, the first genes 1's ANC is so good 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:24.639 that it's just like goodbye world. Can it really be that much better? H. Okay, 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:29.680 I've got them in transparency mode right now. They definitely sound different. I 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:34.160 don't know that I would say that they sound more natural. There's always going 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:38.000 to be a little bit of unnaturalenness when you're trying to pick up your own 00:07:36.080 --> 00:07:42.080 voice in a microphone and then play it back into your own ears. Like, tell me 00:07:39.919 --> 00:07:45.759 about the weekend. Uh, I slept for 12 hours on the weekend. 00:07:43.919 --> 00:07:50.319 No, no, the musician. God, I don't care about your life. No, I'm 00:07:48.880 --> 00:07:54.080 It's just because you were listening to The Weekend on here that I was inspired 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:57.440 to make a mean joke. Yes, I would like to hear about your weekend. He's crying. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:02.000 My weekend was good. Been playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Uh, and it's a pretty 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:05.599 good game. You get to be a cowboy. Love to be a cowboy. 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:12.960 My own voice sounds a little unnatural. I got to say, talking to someone else, 00:08:08.479 --> 00:08:16.479 wow, that is very close. That's pretty 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:18.080 cool. Okay, ANC time. Goodbye, world. 00:08:16.479 --> 00:08:20.639 Hi, Jake. How was your day? Yeah, I'm talking at my normal volume 00:08:19.520 --> 00:08:25.199 that I was talking at before. Now, that's funky. Here's the thing. 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:30.319 Active noise cancellation is not designed for sudden noises. It's not 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:34.880 really designed to block out speech from an individual. Drone of speech in the 00:08:32.959 --> 00:08:38.399 background in a cafe, yeah, sure, no problem. But an individual talking, it's 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:42.399 not really made for that. It's more for like bus engine, things like that. Like 00:08:40.640 --> 00:08:50.080 I'm underwater and you're above the surface, like you're far away and and 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:51.839 like kind of Charlie Brown, you know? 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:54.839 B. Okay. 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:00.959 Hi, Jake. How was your day? Yeah, I'm talking again at the same 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:03.839 volume I was talking at before to see if I still sound like a Peanuts character. 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:08.880 I'm an adult now. Oh, yeah. You an adult for sure, huh? 00:09:06.640 --> 00:09:13.760 These are looking like a fairly mighty tool in my arsenal right now. Uh, better 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:17.519 in detection. I never had issues with the firstg optical sensors, but 00:09:15.680 --> 00:09:20.480 apparently the skin detection sensors are more reliable and help with battery 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:25.200 life. So, that's cool. Something hip and cool that has lossless and 00:09:22.560 --> 00:09:30.959 holy crap. I can barely hear you. Just a gosh darn second here. Can I adjust 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:32.800 that? So, noise control or Siri and you 00:09:30.959 --> 00:09:35.680 can toggle between uh noise cancellation, transparency, and off. I 00:09:34.640 --> 00:09:42.240 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 00:09:39.760 --> 00:09:45.120 much more robust suite of tools at your disposal to make sure that you are going 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:49.200 to get a good listening experience because it's as important to pick 00:09:46.959 --> 00:09:52.880 headphones that are good for you as it is to pick good headphones. So, they've 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:57.200 got their personal spatial audio thing where you can use the True Depth front-facing camera to take like a 00:09:55.680 --> 00:10:02.080 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 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:06.959 is a great tool that helps you select exactly the right ear tips for your ears 00:10:04.160 --> 00:10:11.040 that is enhanced by the inclusion of a new size of extra small ear tips now. 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:14.480 So, they still ship with the medium, but they come with small, large, and extra 00:10:12.880 --> 00:10:20.320 small, which are going to be an absolute gamecher for you if you are a smallered 00:10:18.160 --> 00:10:25.600 individual cuz it affects everything, noise cancellation, performance, and 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:28.720 acoustic quality. There does not appear 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:31.600 to be a noise cancellation intensity 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:35.920 setting. Apple, I know you're not a fan, but please, just because I'm the one 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:40.240 saying it doesn't make it a bad idea. Could you please have an intensity 00:10:37.680 --> 00:10:43.680 slider on the noise cancellation? Why is this hard? No, it should. You should be 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:46.720 able to find the case even if you have the AirPods in your ear. That's the 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:51.760 whole point of having the speaker separately, I would think. Shut up, 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:56.000 train. How many billions of dollars a year do you guys spend on R&D again? 00:10:53.760 --> 00:11:00.000 What order is this in? It's not by device type. It's not alphabetical. You 00:10:58.640 --> 00:11:05.279 know what? I wonder if it's because I was not signed into my Apple ID when I 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:10.640 paired them. That seems like a possibility. Also, did I just click 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:12.800 Bluetooth settings? What happened to it? 00:11:10.640 --> 00:11:16.000 Black or white? Michael Jackson's vision. You know, I was worried when 00:11:14.079 --> 00:11:20.640 they talked about the enhanced bass that we would end up with a super V-shaped 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:25.360 curve and they were just going to be like out of control bass heavy, but 00:11:22.640 --> 00:11:30.160 that's not the case at all. They just rumble deeper. One of the most 00:11:27.760 --> 00:11:35.920 unappreciated benefits of active noise cancellation is that I am listening to 00:11:32.880 --> 00:11:40.079 this perfectly comfortable with great 00:11:35.920 --> 00:11:41.600 clarity at like 20% volume. That's 00:11:40.079 --> 00:11:45.600 awesome because I'm not going to be distracted by everything around me that 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:50.079 I'm trying to drown out by turning up my headphones causing irreparable ear 00:11:48.079 --> 00:11:55.440 damage, right? These sound great. Auto pause and play, super responsive. There 00:11:52.959 --> 00:11:59.920 is no question in my mind whatsoever. But might as well listen to them back to 00:11:57.839 --> 00:12:04.640 back. I always thought my AirPods Pro A&C was so good, but now now that I've 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:08.480 heard the difference, I'm like, "Oh yeah, I can totally hear the HVAC." Way 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:15.360 less defined bass. These were, like I said, good enough. These might actually 00:12:11.920 --> 00:12:16.720 sound good. To be clear, there are some 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:22.160 other products that have gotten really close. Sony's latest offering, what are 00:12:19.040 --> 00:12:25.120 they, the XM4s or whatever, they are 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:30.079 great, but the earphones, they're pretty bulky. The case is pretty bulky. They 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:35.440 sound amazing. Their ANC is excellent. LG's FP8s, they absolutely nailed the 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:39.519 comfort. Uh, they nailed how lightweight they are. My two main issues with these 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:43.279 is that the case is higher profile which makes it a little tougher to slip in and 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:47.600 out of the pocket. And they have a bit of a an idle battery drain problem that 00:12:45.760 --> 00:12:51.600 makes it so they're less likely if I don't use them for a few days to have a 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:55.279 charge compared to Apple's excellent idle battery management. Yeah, I guess 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:58.720 these are my new daily drivers until someone comes along and completely 00:12:56.880 --> 00:13:01.600 dethrones them, which I'd appreciate by the way. Just hasn't happened quite yet. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:06.160 If you guys enjoyed this, you can check out our video on the Sony XM 4s. They're 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:09.760 a viable alternative, even if ultimately I'm going to keep giving Apple my money.