Air Pods Pro 2 and Latest 6A303

[dk001]

New 15 ProMax and lo and behold we have an APP2 version update.

Great!
Well, not so much.

I use my APP2 between my iPad Pro 11 (Gen4) and 15 ProMax. The update went through with no real effort (thx Aaron).

Things it fixed for me

• Call answering is smoother and the caller sounds more “real”.
• The random switching between my 15PM and IP11 has pretty much gone away.

Things that didn’t go so well for me

• I am getting an alert that my APP2 can be seen and to check Find My which informs me these are not my Air Pods. Just on the 15PM so it might be iOS 17.0.3
• The sound has changed. Bass and Lows sound flat while mid vocals sounds really crisp. For music I use YouTube Music. The change in music play is not for the better.

Here’s to hoping Apple comes out with a fix for the fix.

 

[Diatribe]

I love my AirPods for the fast switching and form factor but Apple is seriously starting to piss me off with the crappy firmware updates that break things. Ever since the ANC nerf back with the original AirPods pro, they‘ve been messing with stuff and not for the better. Now they managed to screw up transparency mode. What before sounded like you didn’t even have headphones in your ears (I sometimes had them fall out as I didn’t even remember wearing them) has now some serious db reduction.
At some point I might just switch, I hear the new b&ws are quite nice.

 

[whsbuss]

Firmware 6A305 now out

 

[evertjr]

The last two firmwares really messed with the sound profile, very flat sounding, thankfully I'm not the only one noticing it. I'm waiting for the 6A305 update to finally install god's know when to see if theres improvements.

 

[whsbuss]

6A305 now on mine… nothing really different sound quality wise

 

[dk001]

6A305 now on mine… nothing really different sound quality wise

That’s a bummer. The 03 and now apparently the 05 aren’t bringing the sound quality back.

 

[onenorth]

That’s a bummer. The 03 and now apparently the 05 aren’t bringing the sound quality back.

Double check/play with the audio tune settings.

Settings->Accessibility->Audio/Visual->Headphone Accommodations->Balanced Tone/Vocal Range/Brightness

 

[drew0020]

Does anyone know if this has this fixed the super loud “announce notifications” bug?

 

[dk001]

Double check/play with the audio tune settings.

Settings->Accessibility->Audio/Visual->Headphone Accommodations->Balanced Tone/Vocal Range/Brightness

Took a look and is set for Balanced.
I’ll play around a bit.