John Gruber:

Wearing noise-canceling earbuds on the subway and walking through the city is going to take some getting used to. It’s so good you really do lose sense of your surrounding aural environment.

And that’s a good thing. Combines with:

The “Transparency” mode is interesting and a little mind-bending. It really does make it possible to conduct a conversation while still enjoying the benefits of noise cancellation.

And:

Transparency lets you hear parts of the world around you. One obvious use case for this: jogging or running and maybe just plain walking on streets where you want to hear the sounds of traffic.

To me, this is a huge benefit. Traditional noise-canceling means, when walking, you won’t hear that car horn (or, at least it won’t be alarmingly loud, which is what you want in a car horn) or other sound of warning.

Another bit I like:

The force sensor — the flat section on the earbuds stem that faces forward when in your ear — is effectively a button. But it’s not a button. It doesn’t actually move, and it doesn’t provide haptic feedback. But it acts like a button and — most importantly — sounds like a button. When you press it, the AirPod Pro plays a click.

This is a great review. If you are considering AirPods Pro, John does a nice job painting a picture of what they’re like in real life.