Apple

It is brilliant. I cook and barely hear what I’m doing while also being able hear my SO if they talk to me.

They have a pair of Jabras that I think have this feature as well but they do not care to use it.

just so you know foam tips won’t give you as good of an experience you’re basically taking all their noise canceling engineering and throwing it in the trash, apple makes them so they are a tight fit to function perfectly with the buds.

Recommendations for custom AirPods (3rd Gen) tips?

It’s really really good.

anyone know how it works in concerts?

Yes adaptive mode is amazing. I commute into the city via walking and train a couple days a week and it is fantastic. I've removed regular transparency as well and just use adaptive when I need to hear. I feel like the people that complain that it "doesn't do anything" aren't in the environments it was made for so they don't see much of a difference, but if you're in the city or noisy environments it's a game changer.

Last night I was at a loud Friendsgiving party and I was so so thankful to have my adaptive noise control. It’s barely noticeable but that’s actually a good thing for its functionality. It completely eliminated the really annoying fan noise and when the crowd got rowdy it didn’t hurt my ears. Huge QOL improvement. And don’t even get me started on walking around near cars

I also noticed Transparency mode improved. Or it could be some kind of placebo.

In the past, transparency mode would make the music a bit too quiet in an environment with a lot of white noise.

Now, even with transparency I can hear the music clearly while also being able to hear my surroundings.

I do wish it was more customisable

I go from noise cancellation to adaptive mode since it’s just better at cancelling sounds, but adaptive mode works great when you need to be aware of your surroundings and have it go to noise cancellation when needed.

That’s what I’ve been saying!

There are a lot of loud trucks driving along the first quarter of my dog walk route. I immediately realized the value of adaptive sound. I can still hear the trucks and maintain spacial awareness. However the truck noise is reduced and I do not need to turn the volume up to unsafe levels to continue to hear what I’m listening to.

Can we circle back to the hearing protection custom tips? I’d appreciate a link to that lol

I noticed how good it was at our Santa Clause parade last weekend. It would automatically adjust to limit the loudness from the sirens and bands and what not. I was really impressed.

It’s really good but I wish it could have better cancelling while at home with noises from outside

I was wearing them on a flight, which was great as it totally drowns out the sound of the plane, but you can hear conversations just fine.

I got up to go to the bathroom at the front of the plane when the fasten seatbelt sign was off. The flight attendant totally startled me when she shouted at me to sit down because the pilot was out of the cockpit.

Wow I didn't know they could do that. That's actually cool!

Sitting in the office during teams meetings, I’ve turned it on and off while in a call, and noticed a huge difference.

Never realized how much I can hear the hvac and computers in the office running. Until ANC is turned on

Is it better now? I remember after the update I couldn’t figure out why transparency was such shit and it’s because it switched the toggle to adaptive.