iOS 16.1 Beta Brings Adaptive Transparency to Original AirPods Pro

[Htsi]

I can confirm this also works with Airpods Max
See attached screenshots.

This is EPIC!

 

[Htsi]

I haven’t seen anyone say that this feature actually works yet, so I tried it myself:
- Installed iOS 16.1 beta 3
- (Against my better judgment) instructed the Developer settings on the phone to install the beta firmware on my AirPods Pro gen 1, which it eventually did
- Enabled Adaptive Transparency in the settings
- Put in my AirPods on ANC mode to start with and started my incredibly loud NutraNinja blender operating
- Left the room and toggled to transparency mode, then slowly re-entered the room and walked towards the blender
- I can confirm that the volume did not diminish in any way.

Conclusion: Either this new toggle in the settings is a mistake, or the feature is simply not working yet.

To be fair, so far I have not been able to produce any scenario where the Adaptive Transparency with AirPods Pro 2 has actually reduced or isolated any sounds for me either.

I just feel like the feature is either very subtle or doesn't work the way I think it does.

This is not so epic

 

[_Spinn_]

Well this is a nice surprise.

 

[salutcemoi]

Wait I thought they were promoting this as a feature of the new model? Haha

I have the OG Airpods Pro so I'm happy to see this feature being added but man that sucks for those

 

[salutcemoi]

 

[maxfromdenmark]

I’m waiting for a reliable YouTube comparison that function on both generation of AirPods Pro. Will be identical or worse with H1 chip.

 

[w_macintosh]

I wonder if that means the Beats Fit Pro will also receive it since they have the H1 chip.

 

[John.B]

I have the OG Airpods Pro so I'm happy to see this feature being added but man that sucks for those

The AirPods Pro 2 have lots of new features that our OG AirPods Pro don’t including a speaker built in to the case for Find My, volume control sliders on the earbud stems (!!!), longer battery life and charging using the  Watch charger puck. I wouldn’t worry too much about having this one feature back ported.

 

[CarlJ]

If you want to save your hearing you should buy a pair of $20ish high-fidelity earplugs.

Yep, started doing something similar in the 90’s. Made concerts much less damaging and more enjoyable.

 

[jarman92]

I may be doing that soon. I have a few concerts coming up and was going to shop around for them this weekend. If you have a reco, I'm ... all ears. 🥁 🥁 💥

Lol good one. No recs in particular but I bought a random brand on Amazon that works great 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[MacBH928]

Is it worth upgrading to ios16 or is it still riddled with bugs?

 

[I7guy]

If you have a fear of the unknown then don’t upgrade.

 

[gwhizkids]

Is it worth upgrading to ios16 or is it still riddled with bugs?

It’s awful. Stay away!

 

[PsyPryss]

On my 1st gen airpods pro when using transparency mode the noise cancelling kicks in when there’s a loud or semi loud high pitched sound.

 

[gwhizkids]

On my 1st gen airpods pro when using transparency mode the noise cancelling kicks in when there’s a loud or semi loud high pitched sound.

That’s a hardware issue. Take them to the Apple Store and you will likely get replacements.

 

[Segev]

I've tested this on my 1st gen Airpods Pro.
No matter which sounds were in the background, sirens, babies, drills, wind, all in a very loud volume, the Adaptive Transparency toggle did nothing.

Unless someone can confirm otherwise, the title for the article "iOS 16.1 Beta Brings Adaptive Transparency to Original AirPods Pro" is misleading.

To be honest this looks like a dead toggle that made his way to gen 1 by accident. (Hopefully I'm wrong)

 

[dampfnudel]

Nice of Apple to give first generation APP users a morsel of what second generation users are getting.

 

[gwhizkids]

Nice of Apple to give first generation APP users a morsel of what second generation users are getting.

Assuming they did. See the post immediately preceding yours…

 

[dampfnudel]

Assuming they did. See the post immediately preceding yours…

If that person’s right, I guess that’s what betas are for, catching sloppy coding before the masses are disappointed when that surprise new feature turns out to be a mirage.

 

[hoodafoo]

so does that mean these features are driven by iOS rather than hardware in the AirPods?

 

[gwhizkids]

so does that mean these features are driven by iOS rather than hardware in the AirPods?

Not necessarily. It may be that the effect is hardware driven in the APP2s but that Apple may have found a way to synthetically duplicate it using the existing hardware via software. My guess is that it’s probably not as effective as the new hardware is.

 

[Gatto37]

H1 was renamed to H2. Easy-peasy...

 

[gwhizkids]

It’s not happening, folks.

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[God of Biscuits]

Why would it be hardware-locked when the regular 14 uses the exact same hardware and silicon as the 13 Pro (same wide sensor and SoC)?

Apple knows that the regular 14 is the same as the 13 so they software-lock their shiny new camera features running on the same hardware to incentivize sales.

incorrect.

 

[vtuberalpha]

incorrect.

Surprised somebody still quoted my post but how exactly is anything what I said incorrect? Does the iPhone 14 not use the same SoC or wide sensor as the 13 Pro?

It's the exact same Sony IMX703 sensor and A15 chip, that's a well known fact you simply can not disprove.