Apple AirPods Pro 2: Price, release date, and features

Apple has dropped its latest AirPods: AirPods Pro 2. 

These AirPods have better sound, longer battery life, and are more sustainable than their predecessor, the AirPod Pros.  During Apple ‘Far Out’ event, Tim Cook announced called them, “The most advanced AirPods yet.”

AirPods Pro 2: Release date

The AirPods Pro 2 will available for purchase on Sept. 9, 2022.

It has been three years since Apple released a new in-ear headphone model, with the latest being the drop of the AirPod Pro in 2019. In October of last year, Apple dropped the AirPods 3 (third-generation). However, these were simply an updated version of the original model. 

Despite not having dropped many wireless earphone options in recent years, Apple remains the biggest leader in the space with 31.8% of the market share, according to a Canalys report. In second place came Samsung, making up only 9.5% of the share. 

There is an ever-growing demand for wireless headphones with global shipments reaching 68.2 million units in the first quarter of 2022 (Q2 2022), representing a 17% growth, according to a Canalys study. Therefore, today’s announcement comes at a perfect time for Apple. 

AirPods Pro 2: Price

The AirPods Pro 2 retail at $249.99.

AirPods Pro 2: Design

The new headphones will keep the same design with the stem, still differentiating them from the pebble design of the Galaxy Buds 2. The headphone color will remain the same — the classic Apple headphone white color. 

AirPods Pro 2: Features

H2 chip

The new AirPod Pro 2 will have a new H2 chip which will give an incredible upgrade to performance. The sound will be transformed with a low distortion audio driver and the sound will have more detail and clarity than ever before. 

Spatial audio

Spacial audio will now be personalized to the user, utilizing new technology to deliver the most immersive listening experiences by precisely placing sounds in space. 

ANC

The new headphones will have double the noise cancellation the previous headphones. The adaptive transparency feature will dynamically reduce the sounds of heavy environmental noise like heavy construction.