December 2019 • Macworld 21Apple gives you several ways to enable noise cancelling or
transparency mode, and even includes a neat ear tip fit test
Siri, turn on/off noise cancelling” or “Turn on/off
transparency mode”.
Transparency mode, as with the Beats Solo
Pro (see page 48), is a little more natural-
sounding than the similar feature found in most
other noise cancelling headphones. It makes it
possible to carry on a conversation or hear a PA
announcement without your own voice sounding
loud and ‘in your own head’.
It’s noise cancelling you don’t have to think
about. And if you want to turn it off (or enable