AirPods are a really fantastic product that has evolved over the years, in fact, what was born as a product, now is derived in different models to cover the different needs that the user who needs headphones may have. with fantastic performance. In this post we tell you everything you need to know about the entire range of Apple headphones.
The AirPods, one of the greatest successes of recent years
When Apple introduced the AirPods in September 2016, it received a lot of criticism due to its design and price. What initially seemed like a gaffe for the Cupertino company has become one of Apple’s greatest successes in years, giving birth to a new device.
The AirPods, although criticized for their design, have triumphed mainly because of that, their minimalist aesthetics and, above all, their comfort, both when using them with other Apple devices and because of how good they feel in the ears, reaching the feeling of having nothing. The success has been so striking and forceful, that as a result of these headphones, many manufacturers decided to jump into the world of headphones with really similar products, trying to compete with Apple’s AirPods that have managed to be an icon of wireless headphones.
How many ranges of Apple headphones are there?
The success of the AirPods has been so great that different updates and also different products have been derived from the initial product. In this way, Apple currently has three different product ranges, the AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.
These three headphone models within the AirPods range respond to three different user profiles and, of course, with different needs but they were born from the same concept, the original AirPods. Next we are going to analyze each of the models separately, looking at their benefits and prices.
The simplest: AirPods
We start with the most basic range, the AirPods. Currently they have the same design as the original AirPods, however, they differ in certain aspects from those presented by Apple in September 2016. The so-called second generation AirPods is an evolution of the original AirPods, incorporating certain functions that are really useful for the day to day.
First of all, they have the ability to activate Siri through voice commands, something that can be very useful if you go down the street with headphones and want to call someone without using your Apple Watch or your iPhone. At the sensor level, they have two microphones with beamforming technology, two optical sensors, an accelerometer with motion detection and an accelerometer with voice detection. They mount the Apple H1 chip and also offer the possibility of performing different gestures to interact with the headphones.
In terms of autonomy, they offer up to 5 hours of audio playback on a single charge and 3 hours of talk time. Also, the charging box will give you up to 4 charges from 0 to 100 of the AirPods.
Within the AirPods there are two differentiations, the AirPods with a charging box and the AirPods with a wireless charging box. The only difference between them is that the box, in some you can charge it in wireless charging bases and in others not. In this way, their price also varies in the following way.
- AirPods with charging case: 179 euros.
- AirPods with wireless charging case: 229 euros.
You can use them for everything: AirPods Pro
The first real evolution of the AirPods are the AirPods Pro, headphones that add noise cancellation to the originals and that, in addition, also undergo a striking design change, becoming smaller headphones and IN-EAR, something that raised controversial in some users but necessary to be able to offer the fantastic noise cancellation they offer.
As we said, the AirPods Pro have active noise cancellation, ambient sound mode, adaptive equalization, pressure compensation through a system of grooves, custom high excursion transducer from Apple, custom high dynamic range amplifier and Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking.
At the sensor level, these headphones have two microphones with beamforming technology, an inward-facing microphone, two optical sensors, an accelerometer with motion detection, an accelerometer with voice detection and a pressure sensor, all with the Sip chip, based on the chip H1.
The way you interact with AirPods Pro also differs from AirPods. In these headphones you will not have to lightly touch the headphones, if you do not put pressure on the pins of the headphones. They are also IPX4 certified which makes them resistant to sweat and water.
In terms of autonomy, they have up to 4.5 hours of audio playback on a single charge with noise cancellation and 3.5 hours of talk time. Like the AirPods, the AirPods Pro’s wireless charging box gives up to 4 full charges from the earbuds.
In short, the AirPods Pro are very complete headphones that thanks to their noise cancellation, sound quality and comfort features, they become all-terrain headphones, capable of being used for practically anything, at any time and place.
The price of these AirPods Max is 279 euros in the Apple Store.
Bring luxury to your ears: AirPods Max
After conquering the market for wireless headphones, Apple wanted to make the leap to headband headphones or helmets, in this way the AirPods Max was born, which in the same way that happened with the original AirPods, have also aroused much controversy, mainly due to its price.
With the AirPods Max, the Cupertino company has wanted to bring luxury to your ears, since these headphones are undoubtedly a product made with extreme quality materials, offering in addition to spectacular noise cancellation and sound quality, a sensation of premium device, luxury device.
They are available in 5 different colors, silver, space gray, sky blue, pink and green, this being a novelty, since both the AirPods and the AirPods Pro are only available in a single color.
At a technological level, the AirPods Max have an Apple-designed dynamic transducer, active noise cancellation, ambient sound mode, adaptive equalization and spatial audio with dynamic head tracking. It has an optical sensor, position sensor, case sensor and accelerometer in each of the earbuds and a gyroscope in the left earbud.
It also has nine microphones in total, eight of them that are in charge of active noise cancellation and three to pick up the voice, of which two are shared with active noise cancellation and one only for this function. All accompanied by Apple’s H1 chip.
To interact with the AirPods Max Apple has introduced the Digital Crown of the Apple Watch in these headphones, in addition to offering different touches to carry out different actions in these headphones.
Let’s talk about autonomy. AirPods Max guarantees up to 20 hours of audio playback on a single charge and active noise cancellation, up to 20 hours of video playback on a single charge with spatial audio enabled, and up to 20 hours of talk time on a single charge. . Unlike its little brothers, when you put the AirPods Max in the Smart Case it does not charge, but instead goes into ultra-low consumption mode to save battery.
The price of these AirPods Max is 629 euros, hence all the controversy that arose around this product, which undoubtedly offers a really fantastic user experience, but that for price goes too much with respect to headphones that offer the same experience of user but with clearly worse construction materials.
Know all the information about your AirPods
Locate the serial number and IMEI
If you want to know what the serial number or IMEI of your AirPods is, you can do it in three different ways. The first, looking at the back of the device case, the second from the iPhone itself by following the steps below.
- Open the Settings app.
- Click on Bluetooth.
- Then press the “i” next to the name of your headphones.
And third, if you have AirPods or AirPods Pro, the serial number is also found on the charging box of the AirPods themselves. In the case of AirPods Max, you will have to remove the left magnetic pad and you will also find the serial number inside the earpiece.
Find your AirPods
In the same way that you can use the Find app to find your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, or any Apple device, you can also use it to find your AirPods if you’ve lost them or don’t know where you’ve left them. To do this, you just have to enter the Search app on your iPhone or through the iCloud website.
Possible failures in your headphones
As with all technological products, AirPods, regardless of the model, can suffer a series of failures that we are going to tell you about below.
Desynchronization
This is a rare failure in AirPods, but it can happen and its solution is quite simple. It is about the two headphones becoming out of sync with each other causing them to work separately. To solve this problem you just have to restore them while you have the charging box plugged into the power.
Strange sounds
One of the most common failures in AirPods and AirPods Pro is hearing strange sounds inside the earbud. The solution to this is to perform a device restoration, however, this may be the result of a manufacturing fault, so this solution is not always effective. In that case, what we recommend is that you contact Apple so that they can guide you to solve this problem with your AirPods.
In fact, Apple has a replacement program in place for some AirPods Pro units because when walking or running with headphones on, some users hear certain clicks inside the headset.
Noise cancellation issues
This problem, at the moment, is only present in some units of the AirPods Pro, in which the noise cancellation stops working in one or both headphones. For this, Apple has opened a replacement program for some units that are affected by a manufacturing problem.
Headphone condensation
In this case, this condensation problem is only affecting some units of the AirPods Max, but it really does not become a really functional problem since the only thing that happens is that after continuous use of the headphones, in some units, they have droplets of condensation appeared inside the headphones.
