I am glad Richard provided the answer since I have no idea how it works at th is point. I spend about 3 or 4 minutes at the Apple Store trying these mostly so I could decide if I liked the way they feel in my ears and whatever changes were done, e.g. ANC turned on, off or transparency mode on/off was done by the apple Rep since they were of course connected to their demo device and not to my own iPhone.
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tony Sweeney Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2024 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Airpods 4 Hi Sieghar, all, I trust you have no objection in jumping in on this thread but pls can you let me know how you activact that noise reduction feature? I can't appear to find that on my own different type airbuds but reckon the way Apple does it should assist me? Thanks in advance, Tony in Dublin Ireland On 12/10/2024 19:17, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Different from what would be my question. If you mean different from Airpods 2 or 3 then simply different in that it is a new generation with a newer chip and you can get them either with or without noise cancellation for the first time. I think at least it’s the first time that active noise cancellation is offered with the regular Airpods, before this was only available with the Airpods Pro. If you mean how are they different to Airpods Pro then the answer would be that they don’t have a thingi with a silicon piece which stick inside your ear canal. They are basically like a set of wired Earpods if you were to cut the cable off. I was very impressed by the active noise cancellation of the Airpods 4. When you have ANC on a set of Airpods Pro which basically completely seal your ear canal from outside noise or even with a big over the head and over the ear headset like the Airpod Max, a certain amount of noise reduction is already achieved by blocking your ears. But when you take the Airpod 4 which just sits in the outer part of your ear just like the wired Earpods, I would say 90% to 95% of outside noice can still be heard which is why I like wearing my wired Earpods so much when I am walking and want to listen to a book or to directions from the GPS etc. I often only put in the right side which means my left ear is entirely unobstructed and I still hear very well with my right ear as well. When I tried the Airpod 4 with ANC at the Apple Store I could hear just as much when I first put them in my ears, but as soon as he turned on the ANC, it was like closing the very thick door to a well insulated room and just about all the noise went away. If you have never experienced this, it’s like magic. Then when the Apple employee was speaking to me he turned on transparency mode and suddenly it was like opening that door again and I could hear just fine. I am definitely going to order a pair of these and already ordered a set of these ear hooks as well as a cable/string gadget to connect them together since I know for sure it wouldn’t take long for me to lose them. Hopefully this won’t happen with those accessories. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2024 12:37 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Airpods 4 How is this Air pod 4 different? ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Baracco<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 10:22 PM Subject: RE: Airpods 4 The AirPods Max are an old style over the ear headset. Andy From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 8:58 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Airpods 4 It sounds like you are talking about the pro max. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 5:11 PM Subject: Airpods 4 Hi, As I am currently in Vancouver training with my new guide dog, I decided to go ahead and buy an iPhone 16 Pro. I placed the order via the Apple Store website for pick up at an Apple Store near my hotel and while I was there asked to have a brief demo of the Airpods 4 with noise cancellation. I always thought Airpods had a thingi which sticks inside your ear, but the Apple Store employee told me that only the Airpod Pro has that and the regular Airpods are basically not really all that different than the wired Earpods except of course they don’t have a wire. I hate anything sticking in my ear hence I’d never buy the Airpods Pro, but I must say that I was very surprised by the regular Airpods 4. When he enabled the noise cancellation feature all the noise in the Apple Store which are typically very noisy, just about vanished like somebody closed a thick door and I couldn’t even hear the employee speaking to me from a few feet away. He then turned on transparency mode and to my surprise I could hear him and everything around me perfectly. Once again, I assumed that this feature would result in less than optimal hearing of what is going on around you and that naybe it would sound artificial, but it really is amazing how good it sounds. 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