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Dell_K Author

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AirPods Pro Ear Tip Fit Test fail (seal is actually good on both sides)

Ear tip test for me got passes on both ears straight away and multiple times with both medium and large tips on first couple days after I got them

However, since then, the left consistently fails the test when I check despite the left bud being just as sealed as the right one with identical sound as the right whether ANC/transparency/off selected. Medium and large tips have same result - left fails the tip test every time. Tried un-pairing from iPhone, resetting the pods the setting up again, but no different.

My thoughts are a glitch in the code for the ear tip test that goes wrong after a few days and a future release will solve.

Contacted Apple Support yesterday who had agreed they have seen reports of this already. They got me to send them a full set of logs from iPhone for analysis then will get back to me once their engineering team takes a look.

Very happy with product generally and no problem with function or sound quality.

But something to keep an eye on...

iPhone XS Max, iOS 13

Posted on Nov 8, 2019 8:30 AM

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86hawki

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25 points

Posted on Nov 26, 2019 11:32 AM

There is a fast growing forum thread over at MacRumors that is reaching the conclusion that this is a hardware/design issue. Dirt, sweat or some other substance gets thorough the mic grills and affects the fit test. Cleaning the mic grills doesn't seem to help, as the substances may have already passed through them.

Folks have been shipped new AirPods Pro by Apple and the test result is initially a "pass", even with ear tips from an original pair of AirPods Pro. AirPods Pro that are several days old fail the test with the original ear tips or new ear tips. So, the ear tips don't seem to be the issue.

"Fail" results always happens after several days or use of the new AirPods Pro (time for foreign substances to get through the grills and to the mics, etc.).

Unfortunately, this seems to be a product design/hardware issue.

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