Beats Powerbeats Pro vs Beats Powerbeats3 Wireless

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Powerbeats Pro compared with Powerbeats3 Wireless

	BeatsPowerbeats Pro	BeatsPowerbeats3 Wireless
Overview
Released
Released	May 2019	November 2016
Sound
Type
Type	In-ear	In-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	No	No
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC and AAC	SBC and AAC
Chip
Chip	Apple H1	Apple W1
Drivers
Drivers	Linear piston drivers with a pressurised airflow design	–
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Passive noise isolation only; no active noise cancelling (SoundGuys)	–
Audio features
Audio features	Class 1 Bluetooth; Bluetooth 5.0 and SBC/AAC codecs (SoundGuys)	SBC and AAC Bluetooth codecs; no active noise cancellation (SoundGuys model comparison)
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 9 hours	Up to 12 hours
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	No	–
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	More than 24 hours of combined playback with the case; the maker does not give an upper bound	Maker claims up to 12 hours. November 2016 retail month follows contemporaneous Apple delivery estimates reported by MacRumors and November AppleInsider retail checks; 25 October was the order-opening date, not an established first delivery day
Charging case
Charging case	Lightning; no wireless charging (Macworld)	–
Fast charging
Fast charging	A 5-minute Fast Fuel charge gives up to 1.5 hours of playback; 15 minutes gives up to 4.5 hours	Micro-USB Fast Fuel charging; up to one hour of playback from a five-minute charge
Design
Weight (each earbud)
Weight (each earbud)	11 g	–
Water and sweat resistance
Water and sweat resistance	IPX4	–
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0	–
Controls
Controls	Volume rocker and multi-function button on each earbud; optical sensors for automatic play/pause; motion sensors for idle sleep	RemoteTalk inline playback, call, volume and voice-assistant controls; power and pairing button on the left earpiece
Microphones
Microphones	Two beamforming microphones and a speech-detecting accelerometer per earbud	–
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Adjustable ear hooks and four ear tip sizes	Flexible ear hooks, interchangeable ear tips and a flat joining cable with an adjustment slider
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	–	Maker describes sweat and splash resistance without publishing an IP code
Case weight
Case weight	80 g	–
Dimensions
Dimensions	Earbud height 2.3 cm, length 5.9 cm, width 3.8 cm; case height 4.3 cm, length and width 7.7 cm	–
Works with
Works with	Apple H1 with hands-free Siri and pairing across devices on the same iCloud account; manual Android Bluetooth pairing; Find My	Apple W1 and Class 1 Bluetooth; one-step pairing and switching between compatible devices signed into the same iCloud account
Colours
Colours	Originally announced in Black, Ivory, Moss and Navy; Black shipped first	White, Black, Siren Red, Shock Yellow and Flash Blue at launch
In the box
In the box	Earbuds, charging case, four ear tip sizes, Lightning to USB-A cable, Quick Start Guide and warranty card	Earphones, interchangeable ear tips and Micro-USB charging cable