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If ANC is still degraded, I'll be switching to the new Bose ANC earbuds when they come out. Hopefully this will be later this year, but the pandemic thing may have put their schedule behind.
 
I guess we need to wait for Airpods Pro 2 for the ANC to be fixed. Of course, we should throw away the current ones.
 
Mine just updated. No noticeable ANC difference from the 2B588 firmware (casual user here).

Interestingly, I noticed that the case also got a firmware update today.


AirPod Case
Product ID: 0x13930x1393
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.720.73
AirPods Pro
Manufacturer: Apple (0x9, 0x7D30)Apple (0x9, 0x7D31)
Firmware Version: 2B5882D15
 
My bass is significantly improved. Been using them all day and thought things sounded “fuller” before seeing this post and checking my FW version.

No comment on ANC - using Transparency mode in a quiet office.
 
Mine just updated. No noticeable ANC difference from the 2B588 firmware (casual user here).

Interestingly, I noticed that the case also got a firmware update today.


AirPod Case
Product ID: 0x13930x1393
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.720.73
AirPods Pro
Manufacturer: Apple (0x9, 0x7D30)Apple (0x9, 0x7D31)
Firmware Version: 2B5882D15
How are you able to see the case firmware version?
 
ANC might be just slightly worse off than before, hard to tell. Mine just automatically updated. I just want it back to where it was in the beginning.. I use to be able to snap my fingers, at least listening to music, don’t remember if without music or not? and not hear anything, now I still hear the finger snap through the ANC. My way of testing things now. I mean at least it isn’t the pulled firmware. That made me return them outright thinking there was a problem. I REALLY hope they put out a update that includes a slider, slide up for powerful ANC, down for less. I’m not one who gets weird feeling or headaches from ANC so bring on the power!
 
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My bass also feels fuller (dry beats now sound curvier).

ANC feels better, but I feel like I need to think about it. If I had to guess at this stage, I feel less pressure in the ear, and distant/ambient sounds much more muted. I still feel objects around me, but I have a movie playing and it's mostly cut (conversations and all). Also put my head outside the window, and removed one Airpod, going from ANC to transparency: felt that whoosh people were talking about! (First time)
 
Not a fan of litigation but this deserves classaction status. Company sells product and significantly decreases functionality with forced firmware update with no release notes. This is garbage!

Edit: referring to reduced ANC with firmware updates last year after product release.
Yes. Just what the country needs now, another class action suit.
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Charge them with your iPhone bluetooth off. Also I think I read that they only update when all batteries are at 100%, and I think its true with mine as they updated right now after reaching 100%.
Mine updated while the case was at about 10%. Plopped it on my car’s wireless charger on the way to the grocery store and they updated en route.
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I’m going to get a lot of flak here, but it is quite likely that no one can really tell if the ANC is better, worse or indifferent without using professional equipment to test it. All these “I think its worse” or “I feel its worse” (or even “I think its better”)are completely subjective observations. For all you know, Apple did nothing to the ANC and simply improved pairing or some such.
 
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Yes. Just what the country needs now, another class action suit.
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Mine updated while the case was at about 10%. Plopped it on my car’s wireless charger on the way to the grocery store and they updated en route.
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I’m going to get a lot of flak here, but it is quite likely that no one can really tell if the ANC is better, worse or indifferent without using professional equipment to test it. All these “I think its worse” or “I feel its worse” (or even “I think its better”)are completely subjective observations. For all you know, Apple did nothing to the ANC and simply improved pairing or some such.
Flak.
 
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