20 Macworld • December 2019APPLE AIRPODS PRO
regular basis, but I never felt like I was wearing the
wrong kind of earbuds for the music I was listening
to. Everything sounded just like it’s supposed to,
and I never wished I could reach for an equalizer
to correct it. With the comfortable fit and noise
cancelling enabled, my music just takes me off into
my own little world. It’s almost disorienting how
easy it is to become lost in what you’re listening to
when you don’t feel your earbuds falling out, or feel
pressure from them sticking in your ears, or hear
noises from the outside world.
Total comfort + noise cancelling + great sound
quality = total escape.Effortless noise cancellation
I’d be lying if I said the AirPods Pro feature the
best noise cancellation I’ve ever heard, but they
certainly do an impressive job for a pair of wireless
earbuds. The hum of my dishwasher disappears.
The neighbour’s leaf blower outside fades
away. Taking my dog for a half-hour walk, traffic
becomes a distant whirr. I didn’t even notice a
plane coming in low overhead until a child at the
park pointed up at it.
The true test will be a ride on the screeching,
howling, rumbling London Underground. If a pair
of noise-cancelling headphones can tame the
tube train, then it can make any long trip on a
commercial airliner enjoyable.
Hands-free Siri works great, and in addition to all
the stuff you can always do with Siri, it can switch
between noise cancellation modes. Just say, “Hey