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    Apple's Noise-Cancelling AirPods Pro Are $59 Off For Prime Day

    The noise-cancelling feature on these will seriously change the way you experience music, whether you're working from home, exercising, or just want to fully immerse yourself in some jams.

    I am guessing your ears are OVERWHELMED by the number of headphones and ear buds on sale for Amazon Prime Day this year, but let me cut through the ~noise~ for a minute to tell you that I honestly think that the $59 off deal on Apple's AirPods Pro — making them $189 (originally $249) — is the best one you're going to find.

    Apple AirProds Pro

    Here's the main thing you need to know: the noise cancellation on the AirPods Pro is genuinely, alarmingly effective. The first time I put these on and toggled it into noise cancelling mode it was like the whole world fell away. Like, walking down the street I felt like Anne Hathaway in an early 2010s rom com because I genuinely could not hear one thing on a busy crowded New York City street except pop music in my ears.

    Pic of AirPods with one of them showing the inner mechanics

    And while it's a full mood that I appreciate while I'm out walking and running, it's gone from "wow, neat!" to "oh, cool, I can't exist without these" when it comes to working from home. I spent the first part of quarantine working in a house crowded with family and liked to be close to the living room where the fam was, but not be distracted. These pretty much blocked out *any* noise (including a very indignant shih tzu).

    BuzzFeed editor holding the ear bugs in hand

    They're also super comfy and stay put — and I am saying that as someone who wears them pretty much all through my waking hours. I take them on long, absurdly sweaty runs and they don't budge. I have them in my ears all day at work and they never ache. I use them to go into a Netflix black hole at night and even then, after a full human day, my ears feel fine.

    BuzzFeed editor with AirPods Pro in ear

    Now let's talk about the absurd charging capabilities on the AirPods Pro. First of all, the wireless charging case on this is convenient as heck. I'm on the move a lot, but even if the AirPods Pro run out of their 4.5 hour battery life, you can snap them right back into the case and have them fully charged within a half hour (and like, half charged in ten minutes, if you're impatient like me).

    BuzzFeed editor holding charging case

    These were also super handy to have for social distancing. I could talk on the phone easily when I was walking outside without wires getting tangled in my face mask's elastic, and the mic picked up my voice so well than I could talk through a mask. They've been great as a comfy option to take FaceTime calls, too.

    AirPods pro and case

    Plus if you don't want to be in noise-cancelling mode, you can toggle to two other modes: one is "Off," where the headphones aren't doing anything in your ears, and one is "Transparency," when you can still hear the world around you and your music at the same time.

    Screenshot showing the controls on the AirPods Pro

    These come with other convenient, intuitive features, too — if your phone or the device you're listening on is out of reach, you can tap one of the AirPods Pro to pause your music. You can say "Hey Siri" and talk to her the way you normally would. You can also force the AirPods Pro into transparency mode without your phone squeezing one of them.

    Model putting white AIrPods Pro earbud into ear

    And while these are Bluetooth and absolutely work on non-Apple devices, can I just say, the *immediate* syncing to your phone from the moment the AirPods Pro are charged is such a relief. I am very bad at technology. These were absurdly easy to set up.

    Screenshot showing the charge of the AirPods pro on a phone screen

    And I am not alone in my aggressive stanning of AirPods Pro — on Amazon alone, they've amassed over 180,000 5-star reviews from people who love them for everything from the stay-put, personalized fit to their noise cancellation to the ever-hand Transparency Mode.

    Reviewer holding AirPods Pro in their charging case

    All this said, the primary reason I have come here today to yell about these perfect headphones is that I've pretty much never seen them this affordable. The $59 off the AirPods Pro makes them lower than the price it usually is to get regular AirPods (which are $149 down from $199 for Prime Day, if you were wondering) — but in my opinion, if you're already willing to splurge for regular AirPods, you should do yourself a favor and get these instead.

    You can get the AirPods Pro from Amazon for $189.99 — just remember to poke your head out to say hi to the real world every now and then after you take the leap.

    The AirPods Pro