Apple’s latest ear buds, the AirPods Pro are selling like hot cakes. They have been characterized with features like comfortable design, terrific sound, active noise canceling, a transparency mode, long battery life, easy controls and an intuitive setup, thanks to the Apple H1 chip.
Lets looks at some 11 facts Apple you should know about the AirPods Pro including testing facts from Apple.
1. AirPods Pro are sweat and water resistant for non-water sports and exercise. The eaarbuds were tested under controlled laboratory conditions, and have a rating of IPX4 under IEC standard 60529. Sweat and water resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge wet earbuds; refer to support for cleaning and drying instructions. The charging case is not sweat or water resistant.
2. Size and weight of the AirPods Pro will vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
3. The earbuds requires the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
4. AirPods Pro can be used as Bluetooth headphones with Apple devices using earlier software and with non-Apple devices, but functionality is limited.
5. Audio Sharing not supported.
AirPods Pro testing facts that Apple has shared
6. When Apple was doing testing, they used pre-production AirPods Pro with Wireless Charging Case and software paired with iPhone 11 Pro Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancellation was enabled. With Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency turned off, listening time was up to 5 hours. Testing consisted of full battery discharge while playing audio until the first earbud stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.
7. Testing consisted of full AirPods Pro battery discharge with a cellular phone call until the first AirPod Pro stopped playing call audio. It was discovered that the battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.
8. Testing consisted of full AirPods Pro battery discharge with a cellular phone call until the first AirPod Pro stopped playing call audio. The drained earbuds were charged to 100 percent, then the cellular phone call was restarted until the first AirPod Pro stopped playing call audio. This cycle was repeated until both the earbuds and charging case were fully discharged. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.
9. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production AirPods Pro with Wireless Charging Case and software paired with iPhone 11 Pro Max units and pre-release software. The playlist consisted of 358 unique audio tracks purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancellation was enabled. 5-Minute charge testing conducted with drained earbud that were charged for 5 minutes, then audio playback was started until the first earbud stopped playback. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.
10. Volume was set to 50% and Active Noise Cancellation was enabled. 5-Minute charge testing conducted with drained AirPods Pro that were charged for 5 minutes, then a cellular phone call was started until the first earbud stopped playing call audio. Battery life depends on device settings, environment, usage, and many other factors.
