AirPods 4 Launched — Everything You Need To Know

And what’s up with AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
6 min readSep 10, 2024

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I watched the Apple Event yesterday.

As I’m not much of a camera enthusiast, the new iPhones couldn’t give me that “kick” to upgrade. (But they’re a huge delight for photography-freaks.)

What awestruck me were the Apple Watch 10, AirPods 4, and upgrades to AirPods Pro 2. Here’s a recap of everything told about AirPods, in case you missed it.

AirPods 4

A closeup of AirPods 4.
Source: Apple

The new AirPods 4 feature the H2 chip — that’s previously used in AirPods Pro 2 and is the most powerful chip in the AirPods market.

Their eartips are designed keeping in mind the various ear shapes and sizes of people around the world. It’s one-size-fits-all.

Apple says they’ve recorded and analysed thousands of ear shapes and over 50 million datapoints to create the most comfortable-fitting AirPods ever.

They’re IP54 rated — being dust, sweat, and water resistant.

And thanks to H2, the new AirPods offer

  • “Voice Isolation” (that’s on iPhone since iOS 16.4) — that filters out background noise if you’re on a phone call.
  • “Personalised Volume” — that automatically fine-tunes the…

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