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Apple Debuts Short Film Starring Pedro Pascal With AirPods 4

Apple has debuted "Someday," a short YouTube film by Spike Jonze that serves as a 5+ minute ad for AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancelation.


The film stars actor Pedro Pascal, best known as the character Joel Miller in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us. Pascal has also appeared in in the Netflix crime series Narcos and Disney's The Mandalorian.

AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancelation launched in September priced at $179. The model also has a Transparency mode, Adaptive Audio, and Conversation Awareness.

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Top Rated Comments

diego.c Avatar
21 months ago

+ People who talk to you with their AirPods in are douchebags, and there is no amount of try-hard, celebrity-filled ads that will ever change my mind about that.
Some people may be using it as a Hearing Aid's.
With things like this and transparency mode, the need to remove your AirPods to speak with someone else, should not longer be the mandatory etiquette.




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orbital~debris Avatar
21 months ago
This is a beautiful video!
Love that  are making art like this.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
21 months ago
I have this thing with Apple ads (call it a short film all you want, it’s not) that I also have with these almost perfect humanoid robots. They creep me out in a way I can’t fully explain. Perfectly crafted, yet completely soulless.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
21 months ago
I actually feel a bit embarrassed.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
21 months ago
I miss the simple Apple ads, not these sophisticated ones that require a degree to understand.
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21 months ago
Just another pricey indulgence for Tim Hollywood.
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