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Apple launches AirPods Pro 2
As well as the iPhone 14 and new Watches, Apple used its ‘Far Out’ September event to unleash the next generation of AirPods Pro too.
Priced at £249/$249, The new AirPods Pro feature the same ‘protruding stick’ design as the previous version, and white remains the lone colour option. But a key upgrade is a capacitive touch control on the earbuds’ outer surface that permits volume adjustment by swiping your finger up or down.
A new H2 chip allows for advanced computational audio in the new AirPods Pro, with the benefits being two times the amount of noise cancelled, according to Apple, along with an Adaptive Transparency Mode that processes sound at 48,000 times per second, and will reduce sounds such as heavy machinery, even when you have Transparency Mode turned on.