The buds feel slightly lighter, and the foam-infused tips do a better job staying put during sweaty runs. The case has an IP57 rating, meaning water and dust aren't a concern, and you still get MagSafe and wireless charging. It's a very Apple experience: clean, seamless, and frictionless.

The AirPods Pro 3 has a new built-in heart rate sensor—and yes, it’s pretty darn good. It works by shining light into the skin inside your ear canal and analyzing how that light reflects back—a method called photoplethysmography (PPG)—to estimate your pulse.

The biggest new feature for the AirPods Pro 3 is that it can now track your heart rate and calories burned. It’s very likely you use them during your workouts, so now you don’t have to own an Apple Watch to be able to track these two measurements. You can also access over 50 different workouts with just the AirPods Pro 3.

I wrote my initial AirPods Pro 3 review in paradise. Physically, I was sitting in a resort in Maui, attending a conference and pounding away at my keyboard between meetings and presentations. When I put in my new AirPods, however, I entered a personal cone ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's hard to overstate how successful Apple's AirPods have been. They've gone from a bit of a laughing stock, thanks to their white stem design, to an absolute icon in the span of only a few years.