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Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro
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You lucky bastards... I feel the case update might fix the battery drain issue, I'll be praying I get mine soon!
Same here, I thought I was the only one.
Just spent an hour with apple support, tried various trouble shooting steps, nothing worked, then got disconnected. Happy camper.
My Pro's 1st gen updated within 5 minutes after plugging them into power and connecting them to my iPhone.. First time it hasn't taken awhile for the firmware to update..
No, since that would require the case to have a BT chip, which it does not. The AirPods Pro 2 case has BT and can transmit its battery level independent of the pods.
Well this is slightly irritating. My AirPods Pro case now refuses to make that pleasant little chime noise when I charge it. The light comes on so I know they're charging, but no sound. The option is I guess enabled, but is also grayed out in the interface:
Firmware version is the old one: buds 5B58, case 54.26.0
Trivial, I guess, but I do kind of appreciate that feedback sound, especially when laying it on a qi charger.
edit: Checked on the Mac, and this setting is also the same there -- "enabled" but also grayed out.
Firmware version is the old one: buds 5B58, case 54.26.0
Trivial, I guess, but I do kind of appreciate that feedback sound, especially when laying it on a qi charger.
edit: Checked on the Mac, and this setting is also the same there -- "enabled" but also grayed out.
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APP2: the db cutted with ANC are the same as before. 24db less with ANC on. Tested with Apple Watch noise app.
I think its a placebo I tried to compare and sound quality and ANC Is exactly the same, this update improved connecting speed
Has anyone else noticed the following happening with ANC?
When you join a Microsoft Teams or Zoom call and have ANC enabled, the noise cancelling effect wavers in and out, and you are able to hear background noises and people talking.
I've discovered a work-around to fix this:
1. After joining the call, swipe down from the top right corner into the control screen that shows the volume slider with the airpods icon,
2. Tap and hold on the volume slider to pull up the airpods sub menu below
3. Click on the Noise Control button
4. Toggle from Noise Cancellation mode to Transparency mode
5. Toggle BACK to Noise Cancellation mode
6. ANC now works like it is supposed to work.
When you join a Microsoft Teams or Zoom call and have ANC enabled, the noise cancelling effect wavers in and out, and you are able to hear background noises and people talking.
I've discovered a work-around to fix this:
1. After joining the call, swipe down from the top right corner into the control screen that shows the volume slider with the airpods icon,
2. Tap and hold on the volume slider to pull up the airpods sub menu below
3. Click on the Noise Control button
4. Toggle from Noise Cancellation mode to Transparency mode
5. Toggle BACK to Noise Cancellation mode
6. ANC now works like it is supposed to work.
I saw my APP2 stuck on 5B58, and the case updated to 54.26.0 and was that way for awhile this morning.
Then, when I just checked again, it had updated from 5B58 to 5E133
Yes, as long as they are close to your phone or device. Mine have updated overnight just sitting on the counter.
When I first read about plugging into computer a year or so ago, I tried it--and it's updated APPs quickly for me every time.
But are all of you using a Mac? Or Windows? I thought that only worked on Apple computers
Well in my case it has not sadly.
My Pro 2's updated to the new firmware yesterday with my AirPods and case both being at 100% up to the evening with ZERO use.
Woke up at 3am this morning and checked and my case is already down to 89% battery remaining :/
Id estimate they were off the charger for maybe no more than 7/8 hours and again with no usage at all of the AirPods.
EDIT: im starting to think now maybe this is an iOS issue comapred to an Firmware issue directly with the AirPods?
Come to think of it this battery drain problem did start for me around from the 2nd last iOS update i did on my iPhone.
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I want to confirm that since the update, I'm in a new Teams call, and did NOT have to do this workaround. The ANC worked as intended right away when I joined the call.
ANC seems better to me on my AirPods Pro 2? I’m out walking in a noisy area, popped them in, and the surrounding noise went almost completely silent. I was shocked, immediately thinking “the ANC isn’t usually this good”, then remembered this firmware update.
I played the same song in the background (HomePods) before and after the update today at the same volume and they definitely improved the ANC.
It reminds me of the first time I used my APP. I could feel the bass physically in my body but heard almost nothing. This update is a good one.
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It reminds me of the first time I used my APP. I could feel the bass physically in my body but heard almost nothing. This update is a good one.
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