So instead of leaving people to their own opinions and devices you keep being adamant on coercively pushing your opinion on them? You’re a well adjusted person of society my friend. Congrats!
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AirPods Max Active Noise Cancelation Confirmed to Be Less Effective After Latest Firmware Update
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2022 is definitely one of the buggiest years for Apple… embarrassing. It’s making me consider and switching to another platform if this stuff keeps going on; cutting corners etc either software or hardware.
I agree, I suspect it was probably just an error that did not come to light during testing.
No conspiracy, just a mistake.
All companies make mistakes, always annoying but that’s life.
Obviously they bother some people or this wouldn’t be something people care about
Is it though? It seems pretty clear what the motivation is. This week’s announcements are a pretty clear indication.
I’ll be the first to admit it sounds crazy, but yet another reason to stay on iOS 15.7/Monterey forever. Apple can’t update my firmware that way nor introduce device slowdowns / reduce functionality along the way.
Thankfully it usually takes years for third party apps to no longer support earlier OS releases.
It shouldn’t have to be this way..
Thankfully it usually takes years for third party apps to no longer support earlier OS releases.
It shouldn’t have to be this way..
There are people that hoped that would happen with the Airpod Pro’s especially as there’s still folks showing that it’s poorer. Any measurements that show
are not likely to have Apple looking into them. To me, as the headphones are, ostensibly, for listening to music, I’ve always assumed that any changes were related to achieving a more accurate music response in the band affected by the adjustment.
EDIT: And a post someone else pointed to says pretty much the same.
AirPods Pro 2C54 Firmware: Worse Noise Canceling, Improved Frequency Response and Bass Accuracy
On December 16th, Apple released a new firmware update for the AirPods Pro bumping the firmware from 2B588 to 2C54. After the updates, there were...
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If better sounding music, better bass accuracy, is the offset of worse noise canceling, I can’t say that I’d bemoan it. And, in reality, I hasn’t bemoaned it.
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I believe it is to market the newer pair that is coming out as having superior noise reduction than the older pair.
There will be no evidence of it. You can't win a lawsuit over a conspiracy theory which is exactly what this is.
This is one of the reasons I refrain from updating my devices unless there's a possible security breach of some sorts. I don't think I've ever updated the firmware on any of my non-computer/non-iphone devices.
I def noticed it is worse. I have pretty sensitive hearing and unused to be able to block out evrything in the house with my ap max. Now I can hear distracting noises. The whole reason I bought these was for the next level anc. I don’t even use them the last month or so and now I know why. 🥲
AirPods are done automatically. No way to block it
They did the same with the AirPods Pro 1 , after update after update, now the noise cancellation no longer exists, this requires a class action lawsuit. This is not the first time it has happened with apple 
. How angry is this !!! hopefully this can be solved
. How angry is this !!! hopefully this can be solved
No lawyer would take this case, I know we have make believe lawyers here but even they would laugh at this one. It is a conspiracy theory, one of many here.
It's not a conspiracy theory. An independent third party already proved that Apple did it with the original AirPods Pro. Proven with objective measurements.
AirPods Pro 2C54 Firmware: Worse Noise Canceling, Improved Frequency Response and Bass Accuracy
On December 16th, Apple released a new firmware update for the AirPods Pro bumping the firmware from 2B588 to 2C54. After the updates, there were...
www.macrumors.com
Thanks bud, but I am calling the replies in this thread a conspiracy theory. You got proof the AirPods Max ANC issue was a deliberate move by Apple and not just a bug?It's not a conspiracy theory. An independent third party already proved that Apple did it with the original AirPods Pro. Proven with objective measurements.
AirPods Pro 2C54 Firmware: Worse Noise Canceling, Improved Frequency Response and Bass Accuracy
On December 16th, Apple released a new firmware update for the AirPods Pro bumping the firmware from 2B588 to 2C54. After the updates, there were...