wait don't buy the airpods 4 yet you might regret it for one key reason Apple just announced two new airpods models the airpods 4 and the airpods 4 with active noise cancelling the regular airpods 4 look like a great value buy as they have a starting price of only $129 on the other hand for $179 you can get the airpods 4 with active noise cancelling while you might be tempted to buy this new version of the airpods I would hold off on it for now we saw Samsung try out a similar design earlier this year with the Galaxy buds 3 in our Laboratory Testing we found that that active noise cancelling didn't really work you see you need an earbud design with ear tips that can seal off your ear canal in order for the active noise cancelling to work properly so while Apple might be promising a lot with the airpods 4 with active noise cancelling you have to wait until we test it out to see if it can actually live up to that hype Apple also announced new hearing Health features coming to the airpods Pro 2 which means that they can effectively replace your hearing aid these features won't be coming to the airpods 4 so