New AirPods Features Unveiled at WWDC 2023

the airpods are getting an upgrade Apple unveiled some new airpods features at WWDC 2023 including an adaptive audio mode that mixes active noise canceling with transparency mode Let's dig into how that feature and the others are supposed to work IRL active noise canceling is meant for times when you want to block out the sounds around you like say during a loud plane ride transparency mode is

meant for times when you want to let some of that noise from your environment seep in like for example during a walk outside when you're not trying to miss important sounds like a car honking at you Apple's new adaptive audio feature is supposed to offer a happy medium between those two modes and apple put together a creative little skit to demo it of course thank you

when adaptive audio is activated your airpods will allow important sounds like a bike belt to seep through that's the transparency mode part while quieting the loud sounds from your environment that you probably don't want to hear like a leaf blower that's the active noise canceling part there's another feature with an adoptive audio mode that's useful if you're trying to have a conversation with someone while using

your airpods aptly called conversation awareness mode if you're listening to audio with your airpods but start talking to someone the volume of your audio will automatically decrease and your airpods will go into transparency mode hey Corey hey how you doing good are you you're going to be at the c141278 meeting later definitely I'll be there and when you're done talking the volume of your audio will

go back up to where it was before cnet's David carnoy has pointed out the similarity between conversation awareness mode and a feature that already exists on Sony earbuds called speak to chat mode which mutes or pauses your audio when you start speaking to someone Apple also pointed out that it strengthened noise reduction during calls I'm excited about this not because I regularly encounter marching bands on

the street but because I like to make calls when I'm out and about but know the practically omnipresent sounds of wind in San Francisco are probably annoying to the person on the other end of the call you'll also be able to press the airpods to mute or unmute yourself Apple also mentioned that it's enhancing the auto switching feature on all airpods this feature lets you hear

the audio coming from the Apple device you're on then switch over to another Apple device and listen to its audio on your airpods the adoptive audio and conversation awareness modes will become available on the airpods pro 2. and that mute unmute capability will be available for the first and second gen airpods Pro the third gen airpods and the airpods max the features will come this fall

with the release of iOS 17 iPod OS 17 and TV OS 17. subscribe to CNET to stay up to date on the rollout of these upgrades and thank you so much for watching