AirPods · Pro
2019
AirPods Pro (1st generation)
Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, and custom-fit silicone tips establish a professional in-ear tier in the AirPods lineup.
- Announced
- 2019-10-28
- Family
- AirPods
- Branch
- Pro
- Historical weight
- Paradigm shift
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Chip / CPU
- Apple H1
- Ports & charging
- Lightning (charging case)
- Weight
- 5.4 g each
- Dimensions
- In-ear (silicone tips) + case
- Original OS
- AirPods firmware (H1)
- Launch price
- $249
- Released
- October 30, 2019
- Discontinued
- September 2022
- CPU cores
- 1
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
8- Silicon
In-ear acoustic design with flexible silicone tips
Three sizes (small, medium, large) of soft, flexible silicone ear tips that click into place, accompanied by an Ear Tip Fit Test using internal microphones to verify acoustic seal.
- Design
Vent system for pressure equalization
Innovative acoustic vent prevents the ear canal vacuum pressure sensation typical of closed in-ear designs.
- Audio
Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)
Dual-microphone architecture (outward-facing and inward-facing) adapting audio signals 200 times per second for continuous background noise cancellation.
- Audio
Transparency mode
Allows ambient sound to pass through naturally while audio plays, letting users hear surrounding traffic, announcements, or conversations.
- Product
Adaptive EQ
Automatically tunes the low- and mid-frequencies of the music to the specific contours of each user's ear.
- Sensors
Force sensor stem control
Capacitive force sensor embedded in the shortened stem enables easy switching between ANC and Transparency mode and controlling playback with a squeeze.
- Connectivity
Bundled Wireless Charging Case
Qi-compatible wireless charging case included as standard at $249.
- Ports
IPX4 sweat and water resistance
Formal IPX4 rating for non-water sports and workouts across earbuds and case.
Technology DNA
Ideas carried by this generation.
Canonical predecessor
Starts a new branch