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Apple AirPods 5

Starts 09/18/2026

Cupertino, California, USA

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Availability date from Apple's^[1][2] own newsroom announcement (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/): pre-orders opened September 9, 2026 'with availability in stores beginning Friday, September 18'. September 18, 2026 is the on-sale day.

Start: Sep 18, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Apple AirPods 5

Open-ear AirPods with active noise cancellation available in both earbud designs.

AirPods 5 add open-ear Active Noise Cancellation to both models; pre-order from 9 September 2026, in stores Friday 18 September^[2][3]
$129 for AirPods 5; $149 with the Wireless Charging Case, which adds stem volume swipe and longer battery life^[1][2][3]

Notable features

Open-ear AirPods with Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking and a more natural Transparency mode; the Wireless Charging Case model adds a force sensor with volume swipe, a first for the open-ear form factor, and reaches up to 22 hours of listening with the case with ANC^[1][2]
Apple says ANC removes up to 50% more noise than AirPods 4, via a new multiport acoustic architecture and next-generation Adaptive EQ^[2][3]
Listening time with ANC is up to 4 hours (standard case) and up to 5 hours (Wireless Charging Case)^[1][3]
Also Adaptive Audio, Live Translation and hands-free Siri AI; no Lossless Audio, heart rate sensing or hearing health features^[1][2]
The Wireless Charging Case works with Apple Watch and Qi chargers; no charger or cable in the box^[1]

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apple.com/shop/buy-airpods/airpods-5
apple.com· Posted Sep 14, 2026· Starts Sep 18, 2026 ✓· 34% of score
Availability date from Apple's^[2] own newsroom announcement (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/): pre-orders opened September 9, 2026 'with availability in stores beginning Friday, September 18'. September 18, 2026 is the on-sale day.
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Apple introduces AirPods 5 with best-in-class open-ear Active Noise Cancellation
apple.com· Published Sep 9, 2026· 33% of score
Apple's^[1] own newsroom announcement confirms AirPods 5 with "best-in-class open-ear Active Noise Cancellation," with pre-orders starting September 9, 2026 and in-store availability September 18, 2026 - one day after the pin's stored September 8, 2026 date.
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Apple's all-new AirPods 5 bring 'the industry's best Active Noise Cancellation' to an open-ear design
techradar.com· Published Sep 9, 2026· 33% of score
TechRadar's headline confirms the same AirPods 5 open-ear ANC launch, but the fetched content was truncated before any specific date appeared, so it only tangentially supports the pin's stored date.

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