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Among Apple’s many announcements during its September keynote, the latest AirPods Pro were somewhat overshadowed by the redesigned iPhone Pro and the new slim Air model. But the latest AirPods Pro 3 might just be the brand’s most exciting release in years.

That’s in no small part due to the three-year gap between the Pro 2 and Pro 3. Unlike the annual grind of the iPhone release calendar, Apple ’s slow-and-steady approach to the AirPods arguably gave them extra time to do more than just iterate. While the AirPods Pro 2 are still an excellent pair of earbuds , the Pro 3 are packed with the kind of new features and meaningful upgrades that

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