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The cheapest AirPods 4 are here! It brings surround sound, touchless control and advanced ANC – SMARTmania.cz

  • Apple introduced the fourth generation of AirPods headphones
  • He equipped it with an innovative shape, a control button and a new chip
  • There will be two variants – with and without ANC support

At today’s keynote, Apple updated its entire family of AirPods, including the base model, which comes in the fourth generation. Apple has focused on fine-tuning both the shape and the sound, in addition to adding a new control element as well as optional support for active noise cancellation.

Apple AirPods 4: new shape and ANC support

Apple has slightly changed the design of its basic headphones, based on an extensive analysis of the geometries of different types of ears. For this purpose, the Cupertino company used advanced modeling tools and used a huge amount of data containing more than 50 million data points, thanks to which the AirPods 4 are supposed to be the most comfortable headphones ever.

AirPods 4th generation

But it’s not just a new shape, Apple has also innovated the acoustic architecture to ensure dense bass, crystal clear highs and personalized surround sound. Those interested will also be able to pay extra for a more advanced variant with support for active noise cancellation, throughput mode and conversation detection.

AirPods 4 are powered by Apple’s new H2 chip, which brings several new features. They are, for example, the support of gestures of nodding and shaking the head to interact with the Siri assistant or voice isolation and removal of background noise for perfectly clear phone calls. On the feet of AirPods 4 we find a new pressure-sensitive sensor used for control, unfortunately still without the ability to change the volume.

AirPods 4th generation – overview of improvements

AirPods 4 come with a smaller case with USB-C, with which they should last up to 30 hours of music playback. If you buy the ANC-enabled variant, you’ll get a more advanced box equipped with wireless charging and a built-in speaker to make searching in the Find app easier.

Price and availability

AirPods 4 can be pre-ordered today, they will go on sale on September 20. The price of the basic model is CZK 3,690, the version with ANC support costs CZK 4,990. You can pre-order them here.

Author of the article

Jakub Karásek

A fan of mobile technology, convertibles and wireless charging, a fan of hard music and a lover of fast driving in go-karts, bikes and skis. Opponent of FUP, slow internet and overgrown smartphones.

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