Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Tuesday, September 9th, 2025.

I'm your host, Chance Miller. We're sponsored this week by I-Mazing.

Today we are joined by Zach Hall.

Zach and I both went to today's odd-dropping Apple event for the iPhone 17 and a whole bunch of other announcements.

So, Zach, how are you?

Doing well, a little bit tired, but not too much.

It's been a long day, but we're committed to this podcast.

So here we go.

So we're going to start, we're going to do AirPods and iPhone today.

So we're going to start with AirPods Pro 3.

Headlines of AirPods Pro 3, new design for each airtip that Apple says fits better, and instead

of the rubber tips on the end, they're now made from a new foam material that should help

them stay in your ears longer, and the better fit will lead to better noise cancellation and

transparency mode.

Did you have any complaints about the fit before or the material?

Was it silicone?

It was silicone before.

And I didn't have any complaints, but there's a huge market of aftermarket foam tips.

There's a company called Compli that makes them.

So I guess Apple saw that and investigated itself.

Apple says that because of that new design and foam tips, you can get two times better

active noise cancellation compared to AirPods Pro 2. And if you're upgrading from AirPods Pro,

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