Why AirPods Have Vents On The Outside

Ever since Apple's original EarPods, Apple has included small holes or vents on the outside of their signature earbuds. And that continues today with the AirPods, AirPods Pro, and even AirPods Max. So why are these vents necessary? Well, you can experience the importance of these openings for yourself by listening to a song with your standard AirPods, while covering the vents with your fingers.

[TechieConnoisseur]

Missed an important part imo.
At least for the AirPods Pro, Apple has cited the vents have been designed to also help equalize pressure in your ear canal by allowing air that would have otherwise been trapped to easily flow through the earbud itself. This leads to a less clogged more comfortable experience. I always thought I hated rubber tipped earbuds because of the pressure inside my ears, I even got the Galaxy Buds Live aka those Kidney Bean earbuds because of it. AirPods Pro however have completely changed this for me, they’re so comfortable

[arck]

1:00 lmao I've got a friend that always uses his airpods mid class, and everyone complains the noise coming from his pods, even tho he say it is not loud, now I know the reason.

[djijspeakerguy]

These “vents” that Apple has been putting on their EarPods and AirPods are often called flow ports, reflex ports, or bass ports in the audio community. Most bookshelf or tower speakers will have circular holes on the front or rear that serve a similar purpose, and since acoustics in a room work differently than in an earbud, these are usually long tubes extending into the speaker box, made of either plastic, or layered paper similar to an empty roll of tape, but longer and narrower. Since some time in the 70s or 80s, these tubes have been of a calculated length and width. In other words, they are tuned!
Many speakers are also an air-tight box, which produces less bass volume, but often produces better bass definition for less cost, due to skipping the math part. In an earbud, however, this approach does not work well.

[darkwoodmovies]

People say Apple doesn't innovate, but something as simple as moving the vent to the top of the earpiece is a huge advancement that just goes unnoticed. It's the little things that add up. Now, if only they got the Bluetooth thing to work properly, we'd be all set.

[neomancr]

What's crazy is if you get the wired pair of the Samsung akg headphones they have the same 2 way concentric chamber. They work entirely sealed similar to a sealed subwoofer to allow for deeper, faster and more tonal bass.

[AkselMagnus]

I will add that this is kind off an ''Open back'' solution. For those interested, open back headphones/iem's do this to get a more natural sound. Great for drawing directional audio, when it comes to gaming, aswell music listening.

[JBad]

Hey Greg this video just made me realize all I had to do to solve one of my airpods being lower than the other was to clean it with a Q Tip. Thanks 🙏

[vivid_xyz]

Why are y'all so salty about Greg making a video abt this lol. Like what were you expecting when clicking on a video titled "Why AirPods Have Vents On The Outside"?

[Jayden-lrmm]

Usually the vents on the AirPods would get clogged with earwax and get water damaged as well

[turkeyleg]

0:44 this is why I prefer the circular design that the Sennheiser MX 560 have, they just get less dirty from mucus and are easier to clean

[dieglz]

Absolutely loved this video. Straight to the point, quick, and efficient. Spoke only about what was in the title and that was it. Why can’t all youtube videos be like this?

[jame]

We got some “very smart” people in the comments who think everyone understands how the physics of sound and acoustics work. “Wow I’m so smart because I already knew this. Next video: why water is wet. That’s how simple this concept is to me”

Give me a break 😂

[SimonBauer]

every single earbuds no matter how cheap have these vents. makes sense to use them.

[midnight]

I always thought they were exhaust ports

[SilentHunter.]

I've noticed that, at least on the AirPods Pro, the external vent helps with the Transparency mode. If they are set to Transparency and I cover the vents with my fingers, suddenly I no longer hear the noise from outside.

[crafter]

1:54 on the right for the AirPods Pro you did not circle the vents you just circled the microphone and the part that detects if the AirPod’s pro are in your ears, the vent is on the bottom

[yungpot]

Man I thought my EarPods is done, thanks man ❤

[thedandyshorts]

i have always wondered how the air pods detect if they are in your ear I soon found out that if you cover the front vent with your finger it detects that it is in your ear wether it is or not. i belive what you said but that front vent proboly has more tech and use then this vid describes

[icxstudios]

I need help, my right AirPod is only quietly playing sound on the outside speakers, I already cleaned it but that’s not the problem

[FlyINGpigOOO]

Well actually at 0:21, those vents are for transparency mode not air vents, the air vents are the small vents on the other side