Matt BirchlerSep 24, 2025

Question for my fellow AirPods Pro users, if you’re walking down a quiet, suburban/countey street and a car drives by, do you hear it?

I 100% hear it, it’s just quieter, but I get the impression with how others talk about their AirPods that they literally don’t hear it. The world is actually silent when they are using ANC.

Show threadWarner Crocker
@matt_birchler Right there with you. I get the same impressions, but not the experiences others seem to claim they have. Another successfully myth made created by Apple.
Sep 24, 2025 at 12:57pmWeb
Show threadDaniel ☀Sep 24, 2025
@WarnerCrocker @matt_birchler Even before the AirPods existed, I had been reading people claiming that Sony’s or Bose’s ANC makes the world silent.