Apple - AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation
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Last updated: Jul 30, 2025 Scoring
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"I have the ear shape where in-ear headphones always make a loud bumping sound when I'm moving, so AirPods 4 give the benefits of noise cancelling and great sound without the in-ear effect. ... AirPods 3 always fell out my left ear but they dialed in the size perfect for the 4's, they sit perfect and I've never had it fall out or shake loose doing sprints and a full marathon."
"I currently own a pair of airpods and use them every night and I sleep on my side."
"AirPods Pro 2 stay in my ears comfortably on long runs with no trouble at all."
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"AirPod doesn’t even move during my run."
"I put them in my ear, put the helmet on, then do one final “push” with my finger to seat them in my ear for the ride. ... The batteries die before they work out of my ear."
"I have the ear shape where in-ear headphones always make a loud bumping sound when I'm moving, so AirPods 4 give the benefits of noise cancelling and great sound without the in-ear effect. ... AirPods 3 always fell out my left ear but they dialed in the size perfect for the 4's, they sit perfect and I've never had it fall out or shake loose doing sprints and a full marathon."
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"ANC and transparency are just so good"
"While the ANC of AirPods Pro is hard to beat"
"ANC is the best in the market right now for open earbuds."
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"the ecosystem integration is just impossible to replicate"
"auto switching ... works like magic. ... it's not a magically smooth experience."
"I wish I’d gotten AirPods. ... Jabari’s don’t listen for hey siri And I use AI and Siri all the time"
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"If I then switch to FaceTime audio / video it becomes crystal clear."
"the call quality of their Airpods are almost unmatched. ... Look at every single remote interview you see on TV... 99% of the time the person calling in is using Airpods of some kind. It always sounds pretty good too. ... I've tried calling my friends with all my earbuds and they all have said the Airpods sound better on their end. ... My other buds tend to have a slightly muffled or digital sound. ... when I know I'll be on a long call, I'll switch to them."
"the mics are definitely better on the AP4 compared to all the other AirPods I have used."
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"certainly cannot run in them."
"airpods are way too large and tight, and distort my tragus and cause pain"
"I had them for a week and returned them cause they were really uncomfortable."
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"ANC is not usable IMO"
"the pro2s will obv have much better anc than 4s, simply because of the tips. and better sound quality becuase of less leak. ... the anc on pro2s are better than the 4s eveyrone knows that, and its not a little bit better but by a lot ... pro 2s are better... better ANC, better everything than the 4s"
"the ANC in the 4s is just rubbish"
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"the bass sounds are nonexistent ... my 30$ EarPods have much better bass sounds ... So if you listen to a lot of bass-heavy music, stay away from these. ... I had to spend a lot of time with equalizer to make them usable."
"not sound quality ... Samsung buds pro 2 sound way better than apple's ... bowers and Wilkins pi6 and pi8 even better sound quality again than this"
"They’re dogshit. ... I had to EQ the bass down to zero in order hear anything else. ... £20 KZs are way above. ... I ended up sending them back"
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"Mine are so degraded at this point though (four years on) that they can’t even hold a charge for 5 fucking minutes. ... Disgusting"
"they are almost dead now"
"a lot of pairs only die because of battery degradation."
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"Also the lack of on stem volume rocker on the 4s is a huge downgrade for me in terms of convenience and it sucks that it’s not on them, it’s up to you if it’s enough of a dealbreaker though"
"the convenient volume control feature by swiping, which is not available on the AirPods 4."
"I just wish they had volume control on the stem like the app2. ... I have no clue why apple removed that feature, it was awesome for the gym."
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