Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, and AirPods 4

[boswald]

Does anyone notice a difference in audio quality with this update on the APP2?

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

Good Ive been unhappy with the reliability of the pro 3s. Randomly one ear wont work and I have to do this song and dance to get it to resync.

Used them all day since I travelled cross country ( bad idea since storm Claudia had her way with the trains in England )
But no problem at all.

Lucky 🍀 I suspect

 

[cbns]

time to nerf the ANC on the older pods i guess.

anyone else notice worse performance?

 

[boswald]

AirPods AND Case shall be on 8B21? My wife's AirPods Pro 2 and my AirPods 4 ANC are only updating the AirPods, not the cases.

Same here. My case says 74.something.

 

[yosef019]

any one sucsesfuly updated frop the beta?

 

[Parowdy]

ANC is the exact same, and still worse than AirPods Pro 2, sound quality is the exact same

Sounds like a defect unit.

 

[Jutah]

A certain amount of noise is normal with ANC – this is known as ‘ANC noise floors’. With very good active noise cancellation, it is difficult to create complete silence. The APP2 also produced noise, but it was very subtle – with the 3s, it is now slightly more noticeable... but still less than with many other ANC headphones. How noticeable the noise is certainly also depends on how well the user can still hear. It is well known that high frequencies are less easily perceived with age.

it make sense. The thing i do not understand is why the noise is also present in the transparency mode and not only in the ANC. It goes away in "off" mode.

@McNoise any feedback in this? 👆 is a certain amount of noise normal even in transparency mode?

 

[Jett0516]

Does the iPhone need to be also on a charger and/or does it need to be on? It has always been hit or miss with these updates landing on my AirPods.

Only the airpods need to be on charger and iphone on wifi. Once set its a quick 5 min update.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

When you look at a lot of what the H2 actually can do, your (and my) AirPods Max would NOT benefit from having a H2 chip.

The “extra stuff” in the H2 chip is all to do with processing sound to small drivers (i.e. speakers) and functionality that simply doesn’t apply to APM.

From what I understand, much of the H2 design is indeed for improving performance of the Airpod's small drivers, but the H1 chip doesn't have the H2's Adaptive Audio or Conversation Awareness functions, and it might deliver slightly better Active Noise Cancellation to Airpods Max (though it's already pretty good).