Immersive, theater-like sound.
Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking2 places sound all around you, creating a three-dimensional listening experience for music, TV shows, movies, games, and more.
A roaring leap in capabilities. The powerful H2 chip comes to AirPods 4, making audio and calls sound better than ever. With a range of intelligent features, AirPods 4 adapt to virtually any listening environment — even when you want complete silence.
Superclear call quality. Using advanced computational audio, Voice Isolation minimizes background noise while clarifying the sound of your voice. So you’ll be easier to understand when you’re speaking in loud or windy conditions.
Enjoy every note, beat, and vibe. The entirely new acoustic architecture uses an Apple-designed low-distortion driver powered by a custom high dynamic range amplifier. Put simply, you hear music in exceptional detail, with deeper bass and crystal-clear highs.
Calibrates music to your ears. Adaptive EQ automatically tunes music to your ears. Inward-facing microphones detect what you’re hearing, then adjust low and midrange frequencies to deliver rich detail in every song.
Real talk in real time. Connect on FaceTime in crisp, HD quality with an AAC-ELD speech codec. And Group FaceTime calls sound more true to life than ever with support for Personalized Spatial Audio.
Active Noise Cancellation
AirPods 4 now offer the option for Active Noise Cancellation in this open-ear design for the very first time. Powered by the H2 chip and upgraded microphones, it helps reduce low-frequency environmental noise — like airplane engines, HVAC systems, and city traffic — before it reaches your ears.
- Adaptive Audio
Blends Transparency and Active Noise Cancellation in real time, seamlessly tailoring noise control to your changing environment as you go about your day.
- Transparency mode
Provides the most natural way to hear the world around you — perfect for staying connected to your surroundings when you’re on a call or listening to music or podcasts.
- Conversation Awareness
Senses when you’re speaking to someone nearby and automatically lowers the volume of what’s playing, bringing it right back as soon as you’re done.
Power for hours with a smaller, more capable case.
The streamlined charging case6 is more than 10 percent smaller by volume than the previous generation,7 with no sacrifice to charging times. And AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation feature a wireless charging case — the smallest in the industry with this capability — as well as a built-in speaker for Find My8 to help you keep track of it.
- Up to 30 hours of listening time with the case
- Up to 5 hours of listening time on a single charge
- Up to 4 hours of listening time with Active Noise Cancellation on a single charge
Easy as USB-C
Both AirPods 4 models now come with USB‑C charging capabilities.
An Apple Watch charger
New wireless options. For AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, you can recharge the case using an Apple Watch charger or Qi‑certified charger.
Audio Technology
- AirPods 4
- Custom high-excursion Apple driver
- Custom high dynamic range amplifier
- Voice Isolation
- Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking3
- Adaptive EQ
- Vent system for pressure equalization
- AirPods 4 – Active Noise Cancellation
- Custom high-excursion Apple driver
- Custom high dynamic range amplifier
- Active Noise Cancellation
- Adaptive Audio
- Transparency mode
- Conversation Awareness
- Voice Isolation
- Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking
- Adaptive EQ
- Vent system for pressure equalization
Sensors
- Dual beamforming microphones
- Inward-facing microphone
- Optical in-ear sensor
- Motion-detecting accelerometer
- Speech-detecting accelerometer
- Force sensor
Chip
Controls
- Press once to play or pause media
- Press once to answer a call or mute or unmute
- Press twice to end a call
- Press twice to skip forward
- Press three times to skip back
- Press and hold for Siri
- Say “Hey Siri” or just “Siri”5 to do things like play a song, make a call, or get directions
- With Siri Interactions, nod your head yes or gently shake your head no when Siri asks if you want to answer an incoming call, hear a text message, manage notifications, and more2
Dust, Sweat, and Water Resistant
- Dust, sweat, and water resistant (IP54)
Size and Weight (Each)
- Illustration of AirPods 4 showing width of 0.72 inch in width and 1.19 inches in height0.72 inch (18.3 mm)1.19 inches
(30.2 mm)
- Height: 1.19 inches (30.2 mm)
- Width: 0.72 inch (18.3 mm)
- Depth: 0.71 inch (18.1 mm)
- Weight: 0.15 ounce (4.3 grams)
- Illustration of AirPods 4 charging case showing the front width of 1.97 inches.1.97 inches (50.1 mm) Illustration of AirPods 4 charging case showing the height of 1.82 inches and the depth of 0.83 inch.1.82 inches (46.2 mm)0.83 inch (21.2 mm)
- Height: 1.82 inches (46.2 mm)
- Width: 1.97 inches (50.1 mm)
- Depth: 0.83 inch (21.2 mm)
- Weight (AirPods 4): 1.14 ounces (32.3 grams)
- Weight (AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation): 1.22 ounces (34.7 grams)
Charging Case
- AirPods 4
- Works with USB-C connector
- AirPods 4 – Active Noise Cancellation
- Works with USB-C connector, Apple Watch charger, or Qi‑certified chargers
- Includes a speaker for use with Find My proximity view
Battery
- AirPods 4
- Up to 5 hours of listening time on a single charge
- Up to 4.5 hours of talk time on a single charge
- AirPods 4 with Charging Case (USB‑C)
- Up to 30 hours of listening time
- Up to 20 hours of talk time
- 5 minutes in the case provides around 1 hour of listening time or around 45 minutes of talk time
- AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation
- Up to 4 hours of listening time on a single charge with Active Noise Cancellation enabled
- Up to 5 hours of listening time on a single charge with noise control off
- Up to 4.5 hours of talk time on a single charge
- AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation and Charging Case (USB‑C)
- Up to 20 hours of listening time with Active Noise Cancellation enabled
- Up to 30 hours of listening time with noise control off
- Up to 20 hours of talk time
- 5 minutes in the case provides around 1 hour of listening time19 or around 45 minutes of talk time20
Connectivity
- Bluetooth 5.3 wireless technology
In the Box
- AirPods 4
- Charging Case (USB-C)
- Documentation
- USB-C Charge Cable sold separately
- AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation
- Charging Case (USB-C) with speaker
- Documentation
- USB-C Charge Cable sold separately
Accessibility
- Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new AirPods.
- Features include:
- Live Listen audio
- Headphone levels
- Headphone Accommodations
System Requirements
- iPhone models with the latest version of iOS
- iPad models with the latest version of iPadOS
- Apple Watch models with the latest version of watchOS
- Mac models with the latest version of macOS
- Apple TV models with the latest version of tvOS
- Apple Vision Pro with the latest version of visionOS
- AirPods can be used as wireless Bluetooth headphones with Apple devices using earlier software and with non‑Apple devices, but functionality may be limited
