I haven't noticed any drops yet in the battery. Seems fairly stable in terms of comparison to what I had before. I usually use my Airpods a couple hours during fitness.
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Apple Releases New Firmware Update for AirPods
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I haven't noticed any drops yet in the battery. Seems fairly stable in terms of comparison to what I had before. I usually use my Airpods a couple hours during fitness.
I have noticed in this update the treble is more pronounced and volume can go louder now. However I feel it's a bit much since the bass feels a bit understated now. The bass doesn't really seem as present unless you push volume to 75% which is quite loud now.
Honestly I prefer the previous sound profile.
In the previous sound profile the volume could be at 50% with good punchy mid bass. Feels like it' gone now, cleaner sounding, but just a bit too bright for me.
Battery does seem to be dropping very fast, I can see it drop 5% in 10 mins, but will track it further.
Other opinions welcome. Can you roll back firmware, like apple routers?
[doublepost=1495739236][/doublepost]Something definitely up with this lack of bass, kinda bothering me now. Can other confirm, maybe play a song your really familiar with that has some low end to it.
I noticed this particularly because when I use iTunes on 3.5.1 and use the bass booster it would push the speakers too far and crackle. Now if you use bass booster it doesn't crackle and sounds good like how they did on 3.5.1. Anyone confirm?
It's like the high end is more pronounced. almost annoyingly so for me. and the low end and mid are less full. Not liking this at all.
Honestly I prefer the previous sound profile.
In the previous sound profile the volume could be at 50% with good punchy mid bass. Feels like it' gone now, cleaner sounding, but just a bit too bright for me.
Battery does seem to be dropping very fast, I can see it drop 5% in 10 mins, but will track it further.
Other opinions welcome. Can you roll back firmware, like apple routers?
[doublepost=1495739236][/doublepost]Something definitely up with this lack of bass, kinda bothering me now. Can other confirm, maybe play a song your really familiar with that has some low end to it.
I noticed this particularly because when I use iTunes on 3.5.1 and use the bass booster it would push the speakers too far and crackle. Now if you use bass booster it doesn't crackle and sounds good like how they did on 3.5.1. Anyone confirm?
It's like the high end is more pronounced. almost annoyingly so for me. and the low end and mid are less full. Not liking this at all.
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The update finally fixed a longstanding problem where I can't reliably use my AirPods for phone calls if my phone also had a paired Apple Watch. Music is great but about half of the time an incoming or outgoing phone call would give me dead air. Have been on many phone calls in the past day since the firmware with my Watch connected and not a single glitch!
I was hoping they'd fixed the ear piercing, full volume (or matched volume of phone speaker) notification sound. Haven't noticed it yet. Can others report?
Haven't noticed it myself.
But I guess if you can detect it consistently, you can always play with the equaliser to tweak things to your liking.
Haven't noticed it myself.
But I guess if you can detect it consistently, you can always play with the equaliser to tweak things to your liking.
In other words, you have nothing to substantiate your conspiracy theories, and you'd rather not look at historical precedence to differentiate companies' motivations and actions? 10-4. Thanks for clarifying.
Feel free to walk away at any time. Not sure where you'll go though.
LOL - Historical precedence? No... no company has ever abused their power or allowed a government access to their customers. Never. I don't think precedence is in your favor here. All the evidence supports the fact that companies can't be trusted with blind control.
And of course I am not walking away from a forced, undocumented firmware update.
I refuse to put pearls before swine with someone who repeatedly relies on fallacies of shifting ground. You've repeatedly dodged my questions and offered up zero evidence of your assertions. Keep grasping at straws to fit your narrative if you like, but I've wasted too much time and energy on you already.
Best of luck, and please consider loosening up that tin foil hat a bit.
Oh, I see. You have no idea what to say so you use university words you heard in intro to philosophy. I'm sorry to tell you that those words don't work here. Basic premise should be that they can't be trusted and every single interaction is a test of proving that. Withholding information is the same as being deceitful so therefore Apple's lack of notes is my evidence for my assertions. There is no additional narrative at all. I started by questioning them and I ended by noting that any of their "good will" in the past has been lost by a single lack of transperancy.
No they don't - I had them in their case, connected to a charger via lightning cable, lid open, paired to phone, and they showed up in settings.
The way BT works, there's no difference between the source being out of range and simply off. So if you move out of range of your phone and then back into range, it's going to reconnect to your phone. You may not like this, but that is how it works.
If you don't like it, turn off BT on your phone before moving out of range.
not a thing now. its been that way for a while with wireless headphones. I remember a part of beats that I had to USB to my computer to load a firmware update when they kept dropping off bluetooth. and this was like 3 years ago
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you don't seem to have read what he said. The stated intention is that it only switches because one device stops playing audio and the other starts. not just randomly. but that's what it is doing. cutting off one source that is attempting to output audio to one that isn't doing anything but happens to have bluetooth on
Then why did I have to go through the manual process before mine updated? Hmm?
My point is the user should have an easy, intuitive option to force the update. Remember how apps are supposed to automatically update? And they don't (even with the setting turned on)... this results in the user having to force the update.
In theory, if all the updates happened automagically without issue, we wouldn't need the ability to manually update. In practice, Apple has never been able to get updates to happen automatically 100% of the time without error, hence the need for it.
If I'm understanding you/him correctly, that's still how BT is designed to work. Whether something is playing or not is irrelevant.
I went away on May 19th and came back on June 5th. I didn't use my Airpods until I came back. They haven't updated yet even though I am again using them for several hours in the day.
Incidentally, I have iOS11b1 on my iPhone and I do not see the new options for individual pod double-tap.
Incidentally, I have iOS11b1 on my iPhone and I do not see the new options for individual pod double-tap.
I got mine last week and they either were pre-installed with 3.7.2 or got the upgrade pretty quickly after I connected them to my iPhone 6.
The terrible BT connection problem is still there when I'm walking outside. If I don't hold the phone firmly in my hand, there's crackling and stuttering all day long. The only place where I don't have to hold it is when I'm in the subway, where all other signals are also blocked
The terrible BT connection problem is still there when I'm walking outside. If I don't hold the phone firmly in my hand, there's crackling and stuttering all day long. The only place where I don't have to hold it is when I'm in the subway, where all other signals are also blocked
Take them back as it seems there's an issue with them.I got mine last week and they either were pre-installed with 3.7.2 or got the upgrade pretty quickly after I connected them to my iPhone 6.
The terrible BT connection problem is still there when I'm walking outside. If I don't hold the phone firmly in my hand, there's crackling and stuttering all day long. The only place where I don't have to hold it is when I'm in the subway, where all other signals are also blocked
The Apple Store confirmed that they've got a lot of reports of problems when the units are outside; they think it's all of the interference from busy cities. Does your pair work flawlessly even when outside in crowded city centers?
Yes they do. In fact I was on the bus on Friday into the city. Then walked around for an hour without any disruption. Not that it should matter, but I got my pair in Dec. 2016 on release day
Thanks for the data point. Asked Apple to send me a replacement, so as soon as I get it I'll test it out!
The new pair performed significantly better, but still stutters and breaks up at certain street intersections. I usually keep the phone in my left jeans pocket. If I stand still and put my hand over the jeans pocket where the phone is, the audio immediately shuts off. Do yours do that?
For a second I thought Apple released another firmware update. Seeing the notification on my inbox.