Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation

Do-it-all AirPods that offer a little bit of everything

Wireless earbuds | £179 View Offers | whf.cm/AirPods_4_ANC When Apple announced its next generation of AirPods would include noise cancelling in an open (ie no eartips) design, eyebrows were raised. Both of them. The AirPods 4 launched in two variations: a standard model, and one with active noise cancellation (ANC), the latter of which we are testing here. The Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (or AirPods 4 with ANC for short) cost £179. Happily, that is the same price as the previous generation they are replacing, the AirPods 3 (from 2021). The AirPods 4 with ANC sit firmly in the mid-range price bracket, then, where there are plenty of decent alternatives from the likes of JBL, Technics and Cambridge Audio; but not many extraordinary ones. The real competition…

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