AirPods Pro firmware 2B588 reduce the noise cancelling capability

Agreed - if the next firmware doesn't revert the ANC to the original levels or provide an option/slider for setting the level, I'll be demanding a refund on mine. I will not hesitate to make a huge scene about it at the Apple Store too if they push back on the request.

There has to be some backslash to this if they don't provide the same anc performance as 2B584, either by slider/option or whatever. Just because it's Apple, it shouldn't mean they can get away from this without any consequences.

Usually i am a patient man and all but what the **** is happening? There are no news, no new update, nothing. Every goddamn day, few times, i check this post, reddit and other for news and update but there's nothing. It's about **** time for Apple to say something about this problem. I can't believe that no one from Apple commented here.

Apple rarely confess to their errors. Look at the debacle with the series 4 watch when they released an iOS update that bricked a lot of series 4 watches and the HomePod bricking a few months back. They just quietly withdraw the update with no apologies to their customers for breaking their devices and applied a revised update a few weeks later.

i would have more respect for Apple if they manned up and grew a pair and admitted when they goofed......But of course the risk of bad publicity through public announcements is more important to them than good customer service

I mentioned this before. The airpod would force their way out of my ears when I first got them, constantly. I could not keep them in my ears, but after the update, I do not have that issue. I believe this was part of the reason for the change.

I feel just a slight bit of that sensation on my new replacements (2B588 manufactured 01/2020). But it wasn't the suction cup feeling I had in early November with 2B584 -- that felt like being in a space vacuum.

ANC doesn't produce real pressure that would push anything out of your ears though - that sensation is your brain misinterpreting the cancelation of a segment of the low and low-mid spectrum when the ANC engages as a pressure change. Studies have been done where pressure sensors were actually installed inside ANC headphones while being worn and they confirmed there's no real pressure differential being created.

Good article about it here:

https://www.soundstagesolo.com/index.php/features/178-eardrum-suck-the-mystery-solved

I can only attest to my experience. There is a definite difference in them staying in my ears after the update.

The study you linked isn't for the inside the ear types. They use full size over the ear headphones, so it isn't really the best example.

If you just use logic, if their tech was limiting the airflow out, it would push more inside the ear canal and push them out. This could also be from the bass response. More bass pushes more air and there's not that much space in there.

Same experience. ANC is not working well on 2B588. Turning on ANC just "slightly" reduces the ambient noise. I've tried ANC with over the ears and with other TWS buds and Apple's current implementation of ANC took a turn for the worse.

since the update to version 2B588, the right earpiece has a strange sound that sounds like diaphragm clicks when noise reduction is active or in transparency mode. This can be heard both when listening to music and when talking (which is very annoying!!!), and when moving the head

I returned them with exactly same issue, but u can try to reset them.

Other big problem is very muffled mic, I can't talk using AirPods Pro like other AirPods Pro owners please fix this I don't want to disconnect every time to force phone mic when I need to talk with someone...

Since the past week I feel like my ANC has gotten EVEN worse. I’m struggling to hear even a minute difference between ‘Off’ and ‘ANC’. Also I feel like bass has decreased significantly too. These are my replacement AirPods after already contacting Apple about this ANC issue so I don’t even know what to do now. I’ve even bought replacement ear tips to see if that was the problem but it’s still barely working

AWESOME TO SEE THIS!!!

"Apple has been made aware of the issue. At this time, Apple Engineers are working hard to find a resolution for the issue. The resolution may come in the form of an update or steps that may resolve the issue so that ANC is back to working efficiently."

Senfinger1 wrote:

AWESOME TO SEE THIS!!!

"Apple has been made aware of the issue. At this time, Apple Engineers are working hard to find a resolution for the issue. The resolution may come in the form of an update or steps that may resolve the issue so that ANC is back to working efficiently."

Guys, contains your excitement,

I've talked to CC many times and they have no clue about the anc issue.

So probably what the user reported is just a statement of a call center operator that use prepackaged answers...

I am 15 feet away from people talking in my office and I can clearly hear them at half volume with the ANC on!

I requested replacements and I hope they are marginally better.

Total B.S. they broke them and now sold a defective product with no fix in place. I doubt they will be any different, but I want Apple to see people are returning these since they ruined them.