AirPods Pro 3 offer strong improvements to the core audio features that AirPods users know and love. Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) can impressively remove up to 2x more noise than AirPods Pro 2, and up to 4x more than the original AirPods Pro. Apple says it’s “the world’s best ANC of any in-ear wireless headphones.”

Apple debuted its next-generation AirPods Pro 3 today at its annual fall hardware event, and our first impressions here at PCMag are pretty positive. Apple maintains the Pro 2 earbuds' $249 price tag,