It probably depends on one’s circumstances. Until I had a walk commute, I didn’t find wireless earbuds that useful.
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AirPods Pro 2 Users Report Issues With Connection Randomly Dropping
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APP1 owner here. I’ve never had this problem on mine, fingers crossed. In fact my APPs are rock solid. My mom will get the new ones today… time to warn her of what might come 😝
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I got mine on Saturday and upgrade them to the last firmware. No issues as of now. I am using iOS16.1. But i noticed another thing. My bluetooth is constantly on because of the apple watch. After i place the airpods in the case they still are visible in the battery widget (which wasn't the case with my AirPods 2nd gen). Maybe i am striking a fear into my head but i think that this constant connection is affecting the battery life of the case. In BT settings AirPods are saying not connected.
This isn’t just the Pros. The AirPods 3 love to randomly switch to my other device if I take one out of my ear, even though I was listening to something on the original device and wasn’t even using the other one. 🥵
Apple really need to sort out how AirPods handle connection switching, it’s been broken for ages now and is getting beyond a joke.
Apple really need to sort out how AirPods handle connection switching, it’s been broken for ages now and is getting beyond a joke.
having this happen at least once an hour on a variety of devices so it's not simply that I have a lowly 12 pro 
I thought I had the same problem because I didn’t notice it with other headphones, but turns out from an audiogram that I just have ~10dB hearing loss in my left ear.
I think my brain is used to it though, because balancing to the left is actually more off-putting.
When using my iPad I have the same problems of randomly cutting out with my current APP, or having to select them in the AirPlay menu once or twice to get the audio to connect when a video is playing. I have a 2018 MBP on Monterey and connecting to it seems to impede maintaining a stable connection to the iPad and breaks handoff for as long as the MBP is in use or running in the background.
I’ve wondered if the Mac is trying to force connection priority, but it’s hard to say for sure since the Mac doesn’t have the same Handoff notification and option for reversal that iPad ⇄ iPhone have.
That being said I ordered the APP2 last night as soon as I saw that they have a U1 chip. I misplace mine so often that the time saved from being able to use precision finding with a sound is worth the price of admission. In three years Find My never once connected to my current or replacement APP, even when they were fully charged and <3ft away, until I found them on my own and opened the case. Finding them and forgetting a sound was pending until I put them in my ears and then they decide to connect and deafen me has probably contributed to a few of those aforementioned dB of loss 🙄
I’ve wondered if the Mac is trying to force connection priority, but it’s hard to say for sure since the Mac doesn’t have the same Handoff notification and option for reversal that iPad ⇄ iPhone have.
That being said I ordered the APP2 last night as soon as I saw that they have a U1 chip. I misplace mine so often that the time saved from being able to use precision finding with a sound is worth the price of admission. In three years Find My never once connected to my current or replacement APP, even when they were fully charged and <3ft away, until I found them on my own and opened the case. Finding them and forgetting a sound was pending until I put them in my ears and then they decide to connect and deafen me has probably contributed to a few of those aforementioned dB of loss 🙄
Yes the original APP might as well have left out those “finding” features, they were less than useless. Now however, everything actually emits sounds independently of each other.
Just like it always should’ve been! I’m thankful to not have any problems but then I’m on a 14 Pro and an Ultra with my APP2, so Bluetooth 5.3 is secured on all three portable devices 😇 I’m hoping that’s why so far everything has been seamless.
I was even getting amazing switching speed between my M1 Max 16” MBP and my iPhone on the fly.
But yes, I’m horrifyingly up to date and even I can barely afford that right now. Couldn’t help it though, I was sick of Bluetooth 5.0. Dead. Sick of it. Too bad the MBP still has it.
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Had the same issue using them on Saturday with my ipad. Noise distortion and then disconnecting...happened several times. Disappointing for sure; improvements to noise cancelation and sound quality were evident, but the disconnecting situation needs to be corrected.
There is a lack of detail in the AirPods Pro spec page on the Apple website. All it says is that it requires the latest operating system versions. Unfortunately we don't know when the APP2 drivers were added. Are they in iOS/iPadOS 15.7? Are they in 16.0 or do you need to update to 16.0.1 or 16.0.2? It does appear to work well with macOS 12.6.
My iPad was running 16.1 beta 3 (aka 16.0 beta 9) and seems to recognize the AirPods just fine, though I heard iPadOS 15 doesn't, but I don't know for sure.
When updating the firmware on the APP2, make sure you use iOS to do it and not macOS. I had the APP2 plugged in for five hours by cable on my Mac and the firmware did not update. 30 minutes plugged into the Mac by cable but sitting next to my iPhone running 16.0.2 after playing music on it for 30 seconds and leaving the lid off on the APP case updated the firmware.
I've had no issues at all after updating firmware. Before it, I had periodic out-of-sync issues where the left and right earbud seemed to be off by milliseconds. I also had the cut outs and even music stoppages when playing on the iPad. After the firmware update, all of those issues were gone and it's been flawless. For those worried about it, noise cancellation is still very, very good after the update.
My iPad was running 16.1 beta 3 (aka 16.0 beta 9) and seems to recognize the AirPods just fine, though I heard iPadOS 15 doesn't, but I don't know for sure.
When updating the firmware on the APP2, make sure you use iOS to do it and not macOS. I had the APP2 plugged in for five hours by cable on my Mac and the firmware did not update. 30 minutes plugged into the Mac by cable but sitting next to my iPhone running 16.0.2 after playing music on it for 30 seconds and leaving the lid off on the APP case updated the firmware.
I've had no issues at all after updating firmware. Before it, I had periodic out-of-sync issues where the left and right earbud seemed to be off by milliseconds. I also had the cut outs and even music stoppages when playing on the iPad. After the firmware update, all of those issues were gone and it's been flawless. For those worried about it, noise cancellation is still very, very good after the update.
received another issue while i was connected to my phone, where the airpods desynced from each other, one was on transparency mode and the other had no noise control at all, when i put them back in the case, instead of fixing the problem, they switched sides.
I don't see how it can ever work “correctly” without mind reading. I'm sitting at my desk with an iMac in front of me, an MBP to my right, an iPad to my left, and my iPhone is sitting on the desk. If I put my APP's in my ears, how in the world can it know which device I want it to connect to? What if I get an incoming phone call, which then "rings" on all four devices plus my Watch — if I grab the APP's and put them in my ears, which device is going to be connected to the call?
I’m also having sound issues, seems like once I turn on ANC, you could hear the singer's voice moving to somewhere near the bottom of the left ear. It's very obvious and annoying. I've actually got mine replaced on the first day (23rd Sept) as my wife's pair which I also tried on my phone doesn't seem to have this issue.
The new pair that was given to me (they had to open a new box and gave me a new unit) also had the same issue! I had to pull them out from my ears, reinsert them back with the stem facing more towards my mouth and the sounds will be slightly more equal on both sides.
I then compared the serial number of my buds with my wife's, mine started with GNxxxx for both sides, but hers were GW and GX.
So just trying to find out if it's a batch issue, those who are finding the sounds imbalanced, are your pair labelled GN as well? The serial numbers are found near the inside of the stems.
And those who are having no issues with the sounds, are your's beginning with GW or GX?
Let's share here so we would know if it's a batch issue. TYIA
The new pair that was given to me (they had to open a new box and gave me a new unit) also had the same issue! I had to pull them out from my ears, reinsert them back with the stem facing more towards my mouth and the sounds will be slightly more equal on both sides.
I then compared the serial number of my buds with my wife's, mine started with GNxxxx for both sides, but hers were GW and GX.
So just trying to find out if it's a batch issue, those who are finding the sounds imbalanced, are your pair labelled GN as well? The serial numbers are found near the inside of the stems.
And those who are having no issues with the sounds, are your's beginning with GW or GX?
Let's share here so we would know if it's a batch issue. TYIA
Yeah, what’s up with that? Even the M2 models still have it. It was like that with 4→5 too, the mobile devices had 5.0 ages before it made its way to Macs.
If I'm sitting there with my phone on my desk locked, and start a video on my iPad that's right in front of me, I would expect them to recognize that and connect to that instead of the locked phone that's just laying there. Similar, if I have connected them to my iPad and I am in the middle of watching a video, I would not expect them to disconnect from that and reconnect to my locked phone.
I connected to my ATV and listened Friday night. Sounded a little echo-y IMHO. But it was just a first attempt. I didn't mess with any settings.
I have had the same issue with my APP1 on and off for 3 years. iPhone says it is connected. Music says it is playing. No sound. Sometimes switching back to the phone and then back to the APP1 fixes it. Sometimes not and I have to put them back in the case and start over.
This happened a lot on earlier firmware and IOS versions. Less so lately, but I have had it happen once so far with APP2.
This happened a lot on earlier firmware and IOS versions. Less so lately, but I have had it happen once so far with APP2.