I got my new AirPods 4 on Friday and I’m loving them. The noise cancellation is really astounding and for someone who lives in an urban environment, I really appreciate it.
I never really got to loving the AirPods 3. They would eject themselves from my ears a lot, causing damage to them. Some of that damage occurred early on and significantly downgraded the experience.
But the AirPods 4 so far seem to stick in the ears where they belong.
Anyone else loving these?
Why use the Airpods 4 rather than Airpods Pro? Comfort?
I’ve always had AirPods. Never had or even tried AirPods Pro. I tried other in-ear headphones before and didn’t find it comfortable so I’ve always relied on AirPods
Nearly anything in my ear canals causes pain. I couldn’t even wear a high-end hearing aid with any of the ear molds provided by the manufacturer — even their “special” ones. The only one that sort of worked was so loose that it repeatedly slid out. After a few days of pushing it back into place, the skin started to break down.
I ended up needing a custom ear mold for my hearing aid.
So I’ve never bothered to try the AirPods Pro, despite my heavy use of AirPods.
I’m looking forward to trying the noise cancellation of the AirPods 4, but my current pair of AirPods 3 are still in pretty good shape so I haven’t spent the money yet. Also, because of my hearing loss, I tend to avoid noisy environments, so I don’t have a great need for noise cancellation.
The noise cancellation is pretty good on the new AirPods 4. I was very surprised as to how they did that. That being said, it sort of feels like you’re under water at times. You can feel the pressure in a way, so i don’t want it on all the time. I turn it on if I’m listening to music and there’s some background sounds or a lot of traffic on the road
Here’s a good review of them: Hands-on with AirPods 4: better in every way
I’ve never liked in ear earphones before, but that was when they were wired.
I love the pros a lot, they’re my daytime AirPods.
I do lament the loss of the AirPods 1 and 2 as I liked the ability to double tap to pause but when my AirPods 2 die I don’t know what I’ll do for new night time AirPods.
Yes, I prefer the tap control to the squeeze control.
I have experienced a few times using the AirPods 4 that people on the other end of a call report that I sound “far away” when on a call or that they can’t hear me at all
Has anyone else experienced this?
I just returned my AirPods 4 with ANC today to Apple. I’m expecting a new pair to be delivered soon.
The issue was that when ANC was on and I on a call then the receiver on the other end would tell me that they couldn’t hear what I was saying or that I was “far away” when speaking.
Once ANC was off on the call then there was no issue.
Anyone else had this issue with AirPods 4 with ANC?