3 Experiences After Using AirPods Pro 3 for a Month That I Can't Go Back From

I have been putting AirPods Pro 3 in my ears every day for a month.

It is a pair I got at the beginning of the year after hesitating for months about whether to buy them.
Honestly, before buying them, I was half-skeptical about whether they were worth switching from the wireless ones I had been using until then.

Now that I have used them for a month, if someone were to ask me, "How was the switch?", I would point to these three experiences.

The first is that I no longer think about the device I am playing from.

The second is that one evening, my work time at home quietly extended.

The third is that I no longer have to take one earbud out when my 3-year-old son calls me.

I didn't notice any of these in the first week of buying them.
These are changes that finally became apparent after using them throughout my daily life for a month.

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First: I no longer think about the device I am playing from

In the morning in my study, I open my MacBook. I start writing a draft while playing music.

My hands stop midway, and I pick up my iPhone to look something up.
After that, I open the iPad Air placed to the side to play a video.

Before, I would have opened the Bluetooth settings screen about three times during this sequence of actions.

"Huh, it's not connected," "Re-pairing," "Restarting."

Those little hitches were constantly stopping the flow of my writing.

AirPods Pro 3Since switching to , that has become zero.

The music that was playing on the MacBook naturally switches to a call when a call comes in on the iPhone.
When the call ends, the music starts playing again without me doing anything.
When I play a video on the iPad Air, the sound from that enters my ears instead.

Even though I am not moving, the sound follows me on its own.

There is no longer a moment where I am conscious of "switching to this device next."

I haven't opened the Bluetooth settings screen in days.

I believe this is an experience whose value is conveyed most quickly to those who use multiple Apple products.
The Apple ecosystem is terrifying.

Second: One evening, my work time quietly extended.

When asked about noise cancellation, I intentionally do not answer that it is "the best in the industry."
There is no point in me talking about such "specifications" in my own words.

Instead, I will tell you about one evening.

Around 5:00 PM on a weekday.
There was the sound of the TV in the living room, the exhaust fan in the kitchen, and since it is winter in Hokkaido, the sound of a snowblower outside.
I was in my study, with the door closed, writing a manuscript.

When I suddenly looked up and checked the clock, I gasped.
I had been writing continuously for two hours.

In the past, after writing for even an hour, the music reaching my ears would become "annoying," and I would always take a break.
There were times I used earphones with noise cancellation, but if I wore them for a long time, a feeling of pressure would remain deep in my ears, and I would end up taking them off.

Since switching to AirPods Pro 3, that "moment of taking them off in the middle" has disappeared.

The pressure-filled noise cancellation and the naturally quiet noise cancellation provided by AirPods Pro 3 were completely different things.

There is no feeling of forcibly blocking out sound; the sound just gently fades away from around my ears.
My head doesn't feel heavy.
Before I knew it, the study had become a small, quiet box, and two hours had already passed.

The "time I can quietly concentrate" had extended in my life without me even realizing it.

It is a subtle, certain change that cannot be measured by numbers.

Third: I no longer take off one earbud when my 3-year-old son calls me "Daddy"

For me, who spends a lot of time at home, this is the biggest change.

The sound of my 3-year-old eldest son calling me "Toto" from the other side of the study door.
My wife's voice saying, "Dinner is ready."
The sound of my 0-year-old second son suddenly starting to cry.

Until now, every time I was called, I would take off one earbud.
I would say "Wait a second," pause for a beat, take it off, look at the person, answer, and then put it back on.

I no longer count how many times I repeated this action in a day.
However, it is certain that my family, who called out to me, was also made to feel a little bit cautious each time.

Since switching to AirPods Pro 3, I keep transparency mode on and don't even take off one earbud.

Even though I am wearing them, my family's voices reach me just as they do when I am wearing nothing at all.

Even if my eldest son runs up to me wanting to play, I can just look up and answer.
If it's a one-minute conversation with my wife, I can finish it while wearing them.
I was also able to properly notice my second son's crying at night.

Noise cancellation when I want to focus, and transparency mode when I want to stay aware of my family's presence.
Switching between these modes based on the scene has become second nature before I knew it.

Sometimes, there are moments when I can't even tell if I'm wearing them or not.
That's because the boundary between the outside sound and the sound inside my ears has already dissolved.

The rule of "taking off my earphones when talking to people" has almost disappeared from my life.

My honest thoughts after one month

A device I no longer have to think about.
Quietly extended work time.
Time with family where I no longer have to take one earphone out.

These three things were the true nature of the AirPods Pro 3 for me after using them for a month.

It was by no means a cheap purchase.
I spent months hesitating before finally picking them up.

However, considering it's a tool I have in my ears for 2-3 hours every day, the satisfaction per day is higher than any purchase I've made so far.

No matter how much you stare at the spec sheet, this feeling won't be conveyed.
What I actually paid for was "the disappearance of several hassles from my daily life".

To those who are hesitating, I have just one thing to say.

The value of these earphones doesn't become apparent after a week of owning them, but rather after a month.

Even if you feel "maybe they aren't all that" in the first few days, please try using them in your daily life for a little longer.
All three experiences quietly emerged over the course of that month.

For the next year, I will spend my time with these earphones, whether in my study or out and about.

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