AirPods 2 vs AirPods 1 -- Do They Sound Different?

Alright, so it's that time we got the new AirPods

AirPods 2, some people are calling them that. Everybody else is kind of saying they're 1.5, 1.something else

There's a reason that the new version is similar to the old version. It's kind of complicated how Apple released it though

In the sense that there's a few different ways that you can actually purchase the new AirPods

So on the far left here, the new AirPods inside of the new wireless charging case

I think this is probably the only product they needed to put out, but for some reason they let you buy the new AirPods 2 without the wireless charging case

Now this one is available for $159, which is the same price as the AirPods 1, but without the wireless charging case there's really like no way to tell the difference

But nonetheless, they are the upgraded newer model. To take it a step further, they're also selling the wireless charge case on its own

And this thing is going to be $79. And you can then take your first generation AirPods, these ones, and pop them into the wireless charge case

Or you could upgrade the non-wireless charge case version of the AirPods 2 and then pick this up at a later date

Although that wouldn't be a very smart decision cost-wise because when you combine the prices of these two

you got $159 plus $79 bringing you above the retail price if you just get them together right here

I've talked about the AirPods in the past. If you want a cheaper wireless charge case, I actually

demoed a version of that for this product here It like a rubber case from a company called East Brooklyn Labs It cheaper than the official wireless charge case and it adds wireless charging to this That a way to go But the thing to remember here is it not just wireless charging There a bit of a dispute right now happening online I watched a few videos if the

sound of the new AirPods is any better than the old AirPods. According to Marquez, Apple said there

is no difference, but there are some internal improvements to the AirPods 2. First up, you can

now launch siri with your voice also got a new chip inside which is apparently a bit better for

battery and is going to connect to your devices a little bit faster and then the other thing that

comes along with that new internal chip is the fact that there's less latency that's the only

way you're going to know if you're on version 2 as well as this little led light on the front right

there let's get this out of the box now i do like wireless charging as well so that functionality

is worthwhile to me especially on a product like this you already got to charge your phone

if you could have a matte. Actually, speaking of a matte, on the wireless charge case only

they showcase the AirPower matte. Fresh pair. Oh, I noticed another visual difference right away

on the backside there. This is glossy, reflective. This is a matte finish on version two

AirPod, visually identical to the previous version. Okay, so for those of you unfamiliar with wireless charging

here's how that works. This is a basic Qi compatible wireless charger

You can find these on Amazon for like a few bucks. And then you drop your headphones on there and boom

Orange light, wirelessly charging. How simple is that? For the purpose of this testing

in order to get to the bottom of the sound issue and whether or not there is a discrepancy

I've got an iPhone here, all right? This is the XS Max

Let go ahead and pair these up Look at the chip go into action The ecosystem Apple on Apple This is what you get Connect it all it takes Again another advantage of this chip and this behavior

the connection between the two Apple products, you get this really nice battery readout

Though, I found a cool app on the Android side, if you do use AirPods on Android, Air Battery

It basically replicates the Apple experience with a giant ugly ad. And look at that

You can pretend you have an iPhone when you pair up your AirPods

It's actually very useful because it tells you your battery as well. 100%, 100%, 25%

Of course, it's not official. This is official, and this is very quick on the Apple side

So I'm going to remove these. This is Series 2. And now I guess we should boot up some music

Maybe they're a little louder. Should I get another iPhone so I can quickly A-B it

This version one remember, you get the exact same track, same source, same phone, AirPods 1, AirPods 2

Just one ear, okay? Right ear, AirPods number one. Left ear, AirPods 2

I'm going to flip ears just to make sure my ears are not the problem here

I'm going to take that out, do this. Take this out, do this

Now I have AirPod 1 in left, AirPod 2 in right. Alright, I've concluded that there's no difference

I thought for a moment, but that's the crazy part about this

You really need some strong A testing to know for certain Couple different songs couple different genres If there any difference I telling you right now it minuscule

The old versus the new. I don't think the reason to get the new ones is sound

All right, I think I can pretty confidently say that based on my little test right here. There really is only one major reason to upgrade, which is the wireless charge case

That's a simple little obvious convenience factor. And how big of a deal that is depends really on you and how much you value the opportunity to do that

But unfortunately the wireless charge case if you just want to upgrade your version one is really expensive

It's 80 bucks just the case on its own So I'm not sure that that's worthwhile either

I would say you're looking at version 2 if you don't have a pair yet or if your version 1

Aren't holding a charge maybe the battery is kind of killed on them Then you could be looking towards version 2. This is a convenience thing

It's a form factor thing these tiny little packages you put in your pocket

You don't even realize or remember that it's there which is good. That's what you want

It's so small and so convenient that you find yourself reaching for it inevitably

That's why I made that video about the airpod confession. That's why I'm using these things on an Android phone

It's a very low friction device And that's why these are attractive to people and other manufacturers need to take note

So there it is version 2 you heard the differences wireless charging slightly better battery life

faster connection and lower latency but they sound like the first generation look like the

first generation and basically behave like the first generation if you have a first generation

i'd say stick it out no needs upgrade not at the moment