Hmm. This is a nice thing to get, but the feature making me think of the AirPods Pro 2 is the better noise cancelling. That, for me, is an essential feature.
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iOS 16.1 Beta Brings Adaptive Transparency to Original AirPods Pro
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Probably as a late gift with iOS 16.2 or 16.3 after the iPhone 14 hype has settled and the 13 models aren’t widely available anymore. But I have little hope as improvements of the camera are the main selling point for smartphones these days.
He’s trying to tell you that pass through previously caused an amplification effect on loud noises.
This is awesome! Nice to see more features being brought down to older devices. Perhaps the Android ( pixel ) ways of Google are finally rubbing off on Apple! 😉😬
Interesting, it's the feature I was looking forward to most. There's lots of times I take walks outside and loud vehicles overpower the music I'm listening to. I can't do noise cancellation for obvious safety reasons, so adaptive transparency is the solution.
I’m not thoroughly convinced, but I did see a theory that the 14 could handle the new stuff because of the new cooling system that would allow for sustained high-performance. Even with the cooling system, my 14 Pro gets extremely hot when recording and taking photos, even at night
This is great, but I’m all beta’ed out. Looking forward to the official iOS 16.1 update to try this out.
Not being sarcastic: I really like how well Apple supports their devices.
My 1st gen AirPod Pro have been wonderful and I am using them every day since they were launched. I have needed to replaced each earpiece twice - due to design issues for "crackling". Apple has made those replacements extremely easy for me. Instead of being frustrated about problems, I have been left delighted by their service exceeding my expectations.
Outcome is that I have a pair of practically new AirPod Pros (last replaced just a couple of months ago) and now Apple even adds new features to them.
I really cannot think another manufacturer who would have comparable support.
My 1st gen AirPod Pro have been wonderful and I am using them every day since they were launched. I have needed to replaced each earpiece twice - due to design issues for "crackling". Apple has made those replacements extremely easy for me. Instead of being frustrated about problems, I have been left delighted by their service exceeding my expectations.
Outcome is that I have a pair of practically new AirPod Pros (last replaced just a couple of months ago) and now Apple even adds new features to them.
I really cannot think another manufacturer who would have comparable support.
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Same, I wear APP commuting daily. As long as they don’t nerf noise cancellation this time I’m good. I seldom use transparency mode tbh.
Love the APP2 so far.
My business background brain is yelling at me that they're doing this so that users can compare how bad their original Airpod Pro is compared to Airpod Pro 2.
Apple is a for-profit company and a very efficient one. I hope they dont intentionally lower battery life or audio quality further through this for accelerated planned obscolences...
Apple is a for-profit company and a very efficient one. I hope they dont intentionally lower battery life or audio quality further through this for accelerated planned obscolences...
It works because all these “features” of the new hardware are artificially locked out.
There’s no reason more older iPads couldn’t have Stage Manager (Apple later backtracked), iPhone minis couldn’t have the battery percentage (Apple later backtracked too), and the first gen AirPods Pro couldn’t have better ANC (Apple artificially nuked it with the 2C54 firmware).
All of those capabilities were artificially held back to give Apple a reason to sell us new hardware, and now we’re discovering that the same is apparently true of Adaptive Transparency.
"When you want to be connected to the world around you there's Transparency Mode. With the power of H2 we're taking this experience to the next level with Adaptive Transparency." - Apple Event. 9/7/22
This was not a reason, or even consideration, for me to buy the new AirPod Pros. I needed new AirPods and this made the most sense. But if anyone did want this feature, Apple sure made it sound like it was unique to the H2. Should they feel duped?
This was not a reason, or even consideration, for me to buy the new AirPod Pros. I needed new AirPods and this made the most sense. But if anyone did want this feature, Apple sure made it sound like it was unique to the H2. Should they feel duped?
Capabilities were withheld because they didn’t provide the experience apple wanted. Does stage manager on older iPad pros have exactly the same experience as newer iPads? Apple is a very secretive company they don’t always announce their plans. This obviously has been in the works for a while.
My AP1 (no beta firmware) do shift from transparency mode to noise cancelling for a short period when there's a high pitched sound like bells nearby, door alarms or when alarm goes off due to tags on clothes. (my work place is in a mall). Is it adaptive transparency?
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It's meant to bring the volume to an acceptable level.
MKBHD did a very good video about it.
Apple doesn’t like to let the user control things too much. Except when it‘s for Focus modes and Lock Screens. Then they go crazy.