Rank 5 of 7 in Wireless earbuds Sources disagree

Apple AirPods Pro 3

broadly tested 6 tests from 4 countries · 4 of them not from the UK

Score by criterion

Sound 95

Comfort 100

Retailers

Outstanding noise cancelling for iPhone users, plus a more comfortable, more secure fit and heart-rate monitoring (TechRadar)
Spacious, powerful and dynamic sound; intuitive to use within Apple’s ecosystem (What Hi-Fi?)
Better microphone for calls, 8 hours of battery life, additional XXS ear tips (Tom’s Guide)

In the lab, noise cancelling was less convincing overall than on the AirPods Pro 2; sound heavily bass-led and uneven (Labo Fnac)
No Android app and no Auracast (HIFI.DE)
Live translation is not available in Europe; no high-resolution codecs (Presse-citron)

Source	Country	Issue	Original verdict	Converted
HIFI.DE	Germany	09/2025 · as reported by testberichte.de	sehr gut (9 von 10 Punkten)	90
Labo Fnac	France	10/2025	3/5	60
Presse-citron	France	10/2025	9.5/10	95
TechRadar	United Kingdom	10/2025	4.5/5	90
What Hi-Fi?	United Kingdom	01/2026	5/5	100
Tom's Guide	USA	09/2025	4.5/5	90

Each dot is the average test result of one country, converted to 0–100. The further apart the dots, the more it pays to read the individual reports.

Apple AirPods Pro 3 ± 9 pts