AirPods 4 now offer the option for Active Noise Cancellation in this open-ear design for the very first time. Powered by the H2 chip and upgraded microphones, it helps reduce low-frequency environmental noise, like airplane engines, HVAC systems, and city traffic, before it reaches your ears. Noise canceling comes with three extra modes:

• Adaptive Audio blends Transparency and Active Noise Cancellation in real time, seamlessly tailoring noise control to your changing environment as you go about your day
• Transparency mode provides the most natural way to hear the world around you, perfect for staying connected to your surroundings when you’re on a call or listening to music or podcasts
• Conversation Awareness senses when you’re speaking to somone nearby and automatically lowers the volume of what’s playing, bringing it right back as soon as you’re done

Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking places sound all around you, creating a three-dimensional listening experience for music, TV shows, movies, games, and more. With integrated noise canceling, spatial audio gets even more realistic and immersive.

The powerful H2 chip comes to AirPods 4, making audio and calls sound better than ever. With a range of intelligent features, AirPods 4 adapt to virtually any listening environment, even when you want complete silence.

Using advanced computational audio, Voice Isolation minimizes background noise while clarifying the sound of your voice. You’ll be easier to understand when you’re speaking in loud or windy conditions.

The entirely new acoustic architecture uses an Apple-designed low-distortion driver powered by a custom high dynamic range amplifier. Put simply, you hear music in exceptional detail, with deeper bass and crystal-clear highs.

Adaptive EQ automatically tunes music to your ears. Inward-facing microphones detect what you’re hearing, then adjust low- and mid-range frequencies to deliver rich detail in every song.

Connect on FaceTime in crisp, HD quality with an AAC-ELD speech codec. And group FaceTime calls sound more true to life than ever with support for Personalized Spatial Audio.

The streamlined charging case is more than 10 percent smaller by volume than the previous generation, with no sacrifice to charging times. And AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation feature a wireless charging case—the smallest in the industry with this capability—as well as a built-in speaker for Find My to help you keep track of it. Wireless charging can be performed on an Apple Watch charger or a Qi-certified charger. The case also now includes USB-C charging support.

AirPods 4 give you a seamless listening experience across iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. So, if you’re playing music on your Mac, you’ll be able to answer a call on your iPhone without having to switch devices. Your AirPods 4 sense when you take them out of your ears and will pause playback until you put them back in.

Track down your AirPods 4 with the Find My app. See how close they are and get separation alerts if they’re out of Bluetooth range. And for AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, you can have the case play a sound out of a built-in speaker so you can locate it.

Play music, make calls, get directions, or check your schedule with just a “Siri” or “Hey Siri.” If you have your hands full or don’t want to speak out loud, you can now simply nod your head yes or shake your head no when Siri asks if you’d like to hear a message, answer a call, or manage a notification.

Easily share a song or show between any two sets of AirPods. Simply bring your AirPods near the iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV you’re listening to and connect instantly.