AirPods microphones keep going out after several months of use each and every time and I just recently had this pair replaced with a new pair by Apple

[Benz63amg]

I’m using the AirPods 2 as they fit my ears the best and I have Apple care for them because the microphones simply stop working after several months of use. I talk on them daily so are the microphones in these AirPods just not designed for prolonged use or what’s the case? Anyone found a solution for this? I fully cleaned the bottom mic port using a Q tip so it’s not dirty by any means but this has now happened 3 times where the mics just fail. I don’t like the design of the AirPods 3, AirPods Pro’s due to the rubber tips and the AirPods 4 also hurt my ears so I have to continue using the AirPods 2 but the microphones just keep dying after several months of use. Anybody else have the same issue with the mics going bad over and over again and the AirPods requiring replacement? Again, my AirPods are fully clean yet people say they can’t hear me so either oil just entered the mic port on the bottom which clogs it or I don’t know what but people can’t hear me when I talk with my AirPods

 

[jbn858273]

A generation of AirPods or two ago I had a problem that one side stopped working. I kept the AirPods reasonably clean with Q-Tips etcetera. An Apple Genius tried a last resort idea: using a ball of Blu-Tak (other products are available!) he rolled it across the offending speaker grille. It looked no cleaner than before yet suddenly the audio was back at full volume.

After months of being told my audio in my AirPods 4 with ANC was appalling, and having tried all hints about resetting and changing various settings, I had a brainwave today. You guessed it! I did the same trick as I routinely do on the speaker grilles but on the external microphone grilles instead! Imagine my delight that participants in conversations since then have confirmed that my audio is crystal clear.

Thinking about it this makes sense: we handle the outside of the AirPods and they are routinely exposed to dust and other particles in the air during use. So maybe, just maybe, this is the root of your problem and trying this might just solve your woes?

 

[Benz63amg]

A generation of AirPods or two ago I had a problem that one side stopped working. I kept the AirPods reasonably clean with Q-Tips etcetera. An Apple Genius tried a last resort idea: using a ball of Blu-Tak (other products are available!) he rolled it across the offending speaker grille. It looked no cleaner than before yet suddenly the audio was back at full volume.

After months of being told my audio in my AirPods 4 with ANC was appalling, and having tried all hints about resetting and changing various settings, I had a brainwave today. You guessed it! I did the same trick as I routinely do on the speaker grilles but on the external microphone grilles instead! Imagine my delight that participants in conversations since then have confirmed that my audio is crystal clear.

Thinking about it this makes sense: we handle the outside of the AirPods and they are routinely exposed to dust and other particles in the air during use. So maybe, just maybe, this is the root of your problem and trying this might just solve your woes?

So Blu-Tak is the product I should purchase? Is it a liquid or what? And I should soak it in a q tip and inject/dab the soaked q tip into the bottom of the microphone port of the AirPods?

 

[jbn858273]

You might know it as Gorilla Tack or UHU Patafix or Pritt Posterbuddies!

Just soften up a small piece by working it in your hand, then sort of roll it across each grille, covering it, then peel away carefully.