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Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 Firmware
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But if they removed the nonsensical filler waffle most of their “articles” would be one paragraph long. 😜
Mine just updated, Haven't tried them yet to see if anything with sound or ANC has changed, but it did prompt the 'Whats new' pop up to appear.
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Have been a quiet observer for some time and just made an account to ask a question.
I'm an android user and have airpods pro 2's (with USB-C). I always use an iPhone of some friend to update mine but since some time, the case firmware doesn't update anymore/is stuck. My airpods are now at 7A302 but the case is stuck at version 65.something.
Anybody ever had that problem? (maybe they are not connected long enough to update the case, haven't tried connecting them to an iphone via cable, which apparently is a thing now)
best regards
Have been a quiet observer for some time and just made an account to ask a question.
I'm an android user and have airpods pro 2's (with USB-C). I always use an iPhone of some friend to update mine but since some time, the case firmware doesn't update anymore/is stuck. My airpods are now at 7A302 but the case is stuck at version 65.something.
Anybody ever had that problem? (maybe they are not connected long enough to update the case, haven't tried connecting them to an iphone via cable, which apparently is a thing now)
best regards
I don’t know what the significance of the case version is, if anything. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
I recall people on here previously saying their case version number had gone down during an upgrade. Mine is currently 70.87.0.
My noise reduction in airpods pro 2 works like contact mode with one difference: it slightly muffles the surroundings, nothing else. The voice of the interlocutor, passing cars, etc. can be heard as if in contact mode. regular AirPods Pro work like earplugs in noise reduction mode, whereas in the 2nd generation they don't work at all.
I don't have an Apple Store, only an authorized service. And I wonder if it would give something if I carried it. Would they accept them for warranty, would I also have to pay for service ... and in terms of price it is better to buy new ones than to give for repair
Oh no, I just hate when that happens, I would just throw them in the trash right away 😆
Mine STARTED disconnecting randomly (as in, open my AirPods Pro 2 case near my iPhone and suddenly get "Not your AirPods" screen) AFTER this firmware update was installed (I believe).
Ok so have spent today with my APP2 updated to 7A304. I don't like it.
OFF sounds like having cheap ear plugs in.
TRANSPARANCY working as expected.
ADAPTIVE now becomes like Transparency. Prior it was full ANC until I spoke for example, then now entirely gone.
NOISE CANCELLATION tyres of cars have become louder. A pedestrian walking past speaking on their phone wasn't suppressed at all, as was the case when I had 6F8.
Music wise I find the mid bass a tad overly strong and the highs shrilly. I know others have complemented the change as having opened up those highs.
I don't know what's happening with Adaptive quite honestly as it seems (for me) quite broken and acting like the Transparency mode.
OFF sounds like having cheap ear plugs in.
TRANSPARANCY working as expected.
ADAPTIVE now becomes like Transparency. Prior it was full ANC until I spoke for example, then now entirely gone.
NOISE CANCELLATION tyres of cars have become louder. A pedestrian walking past speaking on their phone wasn't suppressed at all, as was the case when I had 6F8.
Music wise I find the mid bass a tad overly strong and the highs shrilly. I know others have complemented the change as having opened up those highs.
I don't know what's happening with Adaptive quite honestly as it seems (for me) quite broken and acting like the Transparency mode.
Same here. Before on conversion awareness it would change to transparency but now it more adaptive. Don’t like it
Same here. Just got off a flight and I heard the people talking two rows up. Didn’t have that on the flight down a week ago.
And the pods keep on disconnecting every 10min or so. Reconnecting, it finding the music, only one connecting. For me, this update has been a mess. If they would have behaved like that out of the box o would return them. It I know that they can work just fine for over a year.
Exactly. Just quoting two from this thread to say this is something lots of people have — random drop-outs, with a reconnection some seconds later. It happens on my iPhone and Watch so it is a the 'Pods (unless the way the Bluetooth stack is written/compiled, across Apple devices…). Usually doesn't happen till about 45 minutes nor so. Unpairing and a factory reset fixes it, but the fix is temporary. I am still on 7A294, but have no reason to believe 7A302 will be the silver bullet.
Of many from a Google search from Reddit: maybe we're a minority, but there are a lot of us.
I upgraded from the original Pros to the Pro 2s when this started to happen, thinking it was a sign the originals were close to end-of-life. In time the Pro 2s started doing it too.
The only other commonality I can think of is using Overcast (the podcasts app); I can't see what Overcast would be doing, but it is using one app for an extended period without a break.
Have you guys tried reseting your AirPods? Just got the update on my Pro 2 and I'm experiencing the slightly reduced ANC, noticed the noise attenuation takes a bit longer. I imagine that's a liability issue protecting against lawsuits. Another "this is why we can't have nice things evolution". Also the more punchy mid bass. On lossless it sounds pretty good to me across music genres I listen to.
That disconnected bug is happening to me as well. Transparency doesn’t work as well as it used to, and Noise Cancellation isn’t as good, and Adaptive is more like transparency.
Yup exactly what I have since the update yesterday, minus disconnection issues. Any links to Apple to file such an issue?
thank you. I suggest everyone with theses issues leaves the feedback.
Edit: faulty behaviour now submitted
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Mine is kind of the opposite. Transparency doesn't seem to work at all. No difference between transparency and "Off". But Adaptive sounds like Transparency SHOULD sound.
Mine take forever to sync and start playing audio when connected to my latest gen Apple TV. I took several cross country airplane rides last week and numerous times the ANC stopped working. They never used to do that. Hopefully, 7A302 firmware fixes the ANC drops. Then there is the constant "hello, are you there, hello, hello, hellllloooooo????" when I answer a phone call with my iPhone 15 Pro. It gets so F'g old. What happened to the days of these damn things just working immediately??? Starting to remind me of Siri on my big HomePods...OMG!
