Wow, you’re braver than me. Don’t think I’d risk updating my wife’s firmware
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Apple Updates AirPods 2, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware to Version 4A400
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Actually it’s there in 15.0.1 but well hidden.
Open control center and an ear icon is added.
Tap it and scroll to the bottom for a conversation boost on/off toggle. There’s no slider so you have to tap the “off” to toggle.
It wasn’t in there for me. a couple days ago, I followed a guide that was posted by MR, had to go into settings first, into accessibility and do some things in there, before it would appear in that menu.
Link to guide: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/06/airpods-pro-conversation-boost/
When did spatial audio become available iPhone-wide? I just noticed that my AirPods Max now have a spatial audio option not just in Apple Music but also Spotify and pretty much everything else I’ve tried. Not sure how I missed this rolling out but it’s pretty great!
Was worth iOS 15.1, it’s Spatialse Audio, which is basically fake Spatial Audio.
Listened a bit more last night. It's pretty cool on some tracks, weird on others. I like it for video but probably won't use so much for music.
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I’m having an audio sync issue for my AirPods Pro and AirPods Max With my Apple TV 4K (6th Gen) running TVOS15.
I assume this firmware update to 4A400 is what’s causing the issue.
I might try the TVOS 15.1 Beta if available. But I don’t hold hope.
I also found someone else on Reddit with the same issue
I assume this firmware update to 4A400 is what’s causing the issue.
I might try the TVOS 15.1 Beta if available. But I don’t hold hope.
I also found someone else on Reddit with the same issue
It's basically the same as when Stereo came in and you would get mono tracks forced into stereo. History repeats.
True. It could be very cool to have more things being mixed natively into this format in the future though. Is "spatial audio" some kind of open standard, or is it something Apple-specific they'll keep their clutches on so tight it hinders wider adoption?
Which wasnt the case with airpods first gen … or when pros were released first few months
That first APP firmware update was an unmitigated disaster. Agreed that audio performance never quite returned to the level of the .0 release, though I've been using my APPs around town again since upgrading to iOS15 and the 13PM, and I haven't been getting the complaints that my voice is being overpowered by ambient street noise.
That’s when you use FaceTime and voice isolation. Then it is almost back to normal. Doesn’t help though when you are just making a normal call.
It just worked before, i don’t understand what compromise had to be made to kill that perfectly working feature
must be linked to some of the things that were introduced later ie spatial audio etc
i used to talk hours on airpods walking around.. it is so annoying but I agree ios15 is somewhat of a relief but still not perfect as before
i remember well when I got airpods day 1 and was blown away I could make clear phone calls on the go
I've been making regular voice calls over cellular on the streets of NYC, and people have asked me if I got different headphones, so something has definitely improved in the secret sauce. Haven't tried FaceTime with voice isolation yet.
Yes I’m on the 15.1 beta, but conversation boost worked on 15. To access conversation boost, click on the “ear” icon in the control center (if it’s not there add it in settings). Under “Headphone Accommodations”, make sure this is turned on for phone, media and transparency—the latter being most important.
Then go to the volume slider, do a hard press, and change the AirPods Pro to “transparency” mode. Go back to the “ear” icon, and a longer menu will open up, and conversation boost should be at the bottom.
Sorry about that, hope this helps!
I recently upgraded to an android Device and it surprises me that my AirPods Pro work better with calls outdoors now than they did on my iPhone. Also notably better is their audio recording when using the microphone with WhatsApp and Telegram. I of course now have no control over transparency settings etc. which is the only drawback of not using them with an iOS device.
If you’d caught up with the thread, you might have seen my later post below. Your instruction only work after doing the Accessibility settings as per the guide on MR front page.
I can say there’s definitely a problem if you own a pro and max or two pros or whatever. When both the pro and max are in proximity they have some kind of bug on this FW that causes them to unpair each other. It doesn’t happen when I use one or the other away from them.
Apple is aware.
Apple is aware.
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so to update AirPods Pro am I supposed to close the lid while is charging the AirPods or keep it open..and does the iPhone itself need to be on standby mode or need to have the home screen itself active? The firmware is not updating and both my iPhone and the AirPods Pro is plugged in to a power source...TIA!
You want it to be as Apple expects it when not using them. I would use them for a while (no idea how long that is just so Apple sees that they are being used and active) then stow them in the case making sure that both pods are connected to the case and charging (look at the charging widget on iPhone to confirm) then I would leave the pods next to the iPhone for a good bluetooth connection and wait a good while.......(these instructions are just my own experience and in no way are these official instructions just hopeful thoughts......good luck!
Thanks haha and updating the AirPods Pro was..tedious to say the least for sure..I gave up trying and just left it plugged in to a power source and it was finally updated.You want it to be as Apple expects it when not using them. I would use them for a while (no idea how long that is just so Apple sees that they are being used and active) then stow them in the case making sure that both pods are connected to the case and charging (look at the charging widget on iPhone to confirm) then I would leave the pods next to the iPhone for a good bluetooth connection and wait a good while.......(these instructions are just my own experience and in no way are these official instructions just hopeful thoughts......good luck!
The missing steps are to do the bits in settings -> Accessibility, to enable it in the ear icon, which I got from the MR article I linked above, as for me (and others) there wasn’t the option in the ear icon.