New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- There is a justifiably strong argument that for mainstream, everyday-use earbuds, good audio quality is only one of many factors that make a pair of earbuds recommendable. It is this that Apple cashed in on with its first ever AirPods-a pair of true-wireless earbuds, in 2016. Three years later, it also delivered commendable audio performance for mainstream earbuds with the first AirPods Pro. Earlier this month, its audio trajectory hit a sweet spot with the Apple AirPods 4, which now comes with active noise cancellation (ANC).

Right at the onset, the earbuds may strike you as too diminutive. The wirelessly charging case, which houses the earbuds, is smaller than that of AirPods 3-making it a super-compact product tha...