Correlation is not causation. I did none of those things, and mine updated themselves.
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Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 2 Firmware With Support for iOS 18 Features
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Just have your pods in the case, and the phone they’re connected to on WiFi and in close proximity to while charging… the new version showed up for me overnight and I was prompted to set up head gestures when I went to use the pods this afternoon.
I’ve noticed an issue with this new firmware. I keep personalized volume off, conversation awareness on along with loud noise. When I speak it lowers the music but the left pod stays in NC mode
Update: in conversation awareness of you watch the APP settings you see it switch to Transparency but now I’m getting reduced background music but I don’t hear the surrounds like before. If I put in into transparency mode it works like before.
Update: in conversation awareness of you watch the APP settings you see it switch to Transparency but now I’m getting reduced background music but I don’t hear the surrounds like before. If I put in into transparency mode it works like before.
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I have both the Lightning and USB-C versions, the case firmware is 70.88.0 on both.
My headphones will never be able to function fully again because my MacBook Pro (macOS Monterey) won't get the latest update? Why are they forcing something like this at all? This is distasteful and should be punished. And if someone has an older iPhone? This is a separate product that has worked properly so far, this is artificially ageing the hardware to force the purchase of a new one.
Anyway, from what I've read online, these earphones get worse and worse every update.
Anyway, from what I've read online, these earphones get worse and worse every update.
They won’t stop working for you the way they always have, so you aren’t having anything taken away from you. If you happen to get a newer phone one day, you’ll get new features from these same AirPods.
I missed the most important information in my comment (probably because it's late and I already commented the problem before, somewhere else). In general, I’ve already lost the ANC function, which absolutely doesn’t work, since the last update. I can barely feel the difference between when it's off and when it's on.
Use Open Core Legacy Patcher to install a more recent OS. I have a 2010 15” MBP running Monterey. No Metal support, it’s painfully slow due to age but it works as a job hunting machine.
Yeah, my comment was not to be used as a guide, just what worked for me. As I noted in the first line, "...for those that are struggling with how to get it to update, this is what I just did...". But, by all means, jump into snark mode, it is the internet after all.
Apologies; didn't mean to imply snark. It's just with all the theories here about what triggers an update (from the first reply on this thread0, I overreacted.
Thanks, perhaps I was over sensitive myself. I appreciate your response.
