The AirPods Pro 3 address many of the Pro 2’s shortcomings and introduce some genuinely valuable new features, like heart rate monitoring. I came away impressed by their excellent sound quality and superb noise cancellation.

Thanks to their competitive sound quality, seamless usability and genuinely useful Apple-only features, AirPods have snowballed in popularity since their arrival in late 2016 to become the Cupertino giant’s best-selling accessory. Indeed, over 550 million AirPods have been sold in their nine years on this earth, as reported by Digital Music News.

The AirPods Pro 3 look to improve on some of our favorite earbuds ever with better ANC, improved battery life, heart-rate tracking and even real-time translation.

Like the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air, the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max also support Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the Threads protocol, and Apple says its new N1 networking chip will improve the performance and reliability of AirDrop and the Personal HotSpot feature.

The AirPods Pro 3 Apple introduced at the iPhone 17 event yesterday have better active noise cancellation and foam-filled ear tips, but their most important new feature is a subtle one: Apple came up with even more reasons for you to never take them out.