AirPods Pro 3 offer strong improvements to the core audio features that AirPods users know and love. Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) can impressively remove up to 2x more noise than AirPods Pro 2, and up to 4x more than the original AirPods Pro. Apple says it’s “the world’s best ANC of any in-ear wireless headphones.”

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Discover the exciting new features of Apple AirPods Pro 3, including live language translation, enhanced noise cancellation, and a built-in heart rate sensor, available from September 19 at $249.

While tentpole features like Live Translation and built-in heart rate sensors grabbed most of the attention during this week’s AirPods Pro 3 announcement,

Just days after Apple ’s September 9, 2025, product launch event, in which the company launched its new AirPods Pro 3 with live AI translation, users in the European Union (EU) have learned that the feature “is not available if you are in the EU and your Apple Account Country or Region is also in the EU.”

One of the leaks leading up to the Pro 3’s announcement was a lack of meaningful audio and ANC upgrades. Apple’s claim that the Pro 3 offer twice the ANC performance of the Pro 2 and four times that of the original Pros somewhat quashes one of those rumors, but Apple’s claims where sound quality is concerned weren’t nearly as resolved.