The new eartips make my favorite pair of earbuds even better. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
My favorite change to the new AirPods Pro is perhaps the smallest one. Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro come with a new extra small eartip size, and they finally make Apple’s pro wireless earbuds a near-perfect fit for me.
I loved the first-generation AirPods Pro, but they frequently fell out of my ears when I was doing anything but sitting perfectly still, even with the smallest eartip (at the time). On Zoom calls, I’d be constantly adjusting my earbuds while talking. When eating, the older AirPods Pro would eventually slip out while I was chewing. On runs, I’d have to constantly wiggle them back into my ears.
The problem wasn’t bad enough to be a dealbreaker. I still wore my AirPods Pro all the time. The adjustments just became a…