AirPods Pro firmware 2B588 reduce the noise cancelling capability

i seen this article before:

https://medium.com/macoclock/we-need-to-talk-about-airpods-pro-4bbd2533e031

i have done many things to fix this APP debacle. I contacted their support team and PR department about the media traction this situation is getting and many others things that I cannot disclose in this thread for legal reasons. I will keep trying if I need to, I thought the 2D15 update would make everyone more lax, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. If everyone would like, I can start everything back up again to try to fix this for everyone. But it’s going to take some time. Hopefully.

Would be cool if Apple would just bring back something close to the launch firmware (2B584) in terms of noise cancellation. Might save them a lot of calls to Apple Support given that all the APPs are still covered under warranty.

Yeah sadly this company doesn't acknowledge any problems anymore and thinks they are infallible. Even for bigger issues that are happening with the iPhone/iPad and APPs as well. I'm sick of it. Might be time to get an S20 Ultra.

What it would be nice is if someone from Apple go public or at least speak here, and either confirm or deny the issue with some explanation. In this way we can go ahead with our lives and just swallow this as a $250 mishap, which obviously contributed to the 1.5 trillion $ capitalization of the company.

Have you guys with crackling/warble/static/distortions etc tried switching to foam tips?

I have, and it works wonders for me.

Especially the treble warble (from the adaptiv EQ?) is totally gone.

The fit and comfort is definately better, with also less thumping sounds when walking/running as well.

I also feel the seal is better, making the ANC works a little better too.

And of course, bass is more punchy with a good seal.

I'm usually a medium size tip user, but the foam tip that suited me best was a large one (ordered at Ebay, from a german guy)

There's a LOT of foam tips on Ebay etc.

I'm in Norway so wanted to buy from Europe, to shorten the delivery time.

The one I bought was very expensive, but anyway here's the link:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124203196512

I put my AirPod in a second ago and i immediately noticed a difference in the noise reduction. Opened my email and saw this, checked my firmware and yep, the new stuff. So far ANC is different at least to me. Time will tell.

Shanesnh wrote:

Yeah sadly this company doesn't acknowledge any problems anymore and thinks they are infallible. Even for bigger issues that are happening with the iPhone/iPad and APPs as well. I'm sick of it. Might be time to get an S20 Ultra.

The new firmware 2D27 completely restored mine back to normal. Reading this thread and I can't believe how negative you are. This is why I got rid of my horrible Samsungs and went this direction - Actual company support. Patience is a virtue.

New firmware appears to have made things worse for me with ANC. 2D15 was better than previous but this new one 2D27 from initial testing seems to be worse, I can barely notice difference between enabled and disabled. I am past caring now tbh, they sound good, they work with my iDevices but the ANC isn't much good. Why Apple screw about with this and not provide *any* release notes annoys me but what can I do.

Thanks for the info. Then maybe I won't even bother borrowing my gf's iPad to update them then (now that I sold my iPhone and am giving away my Apple Watch to my dad).

Getting out of the ecosystem here after all the things Apple has done to me personally (and overall) over the last 7 months.

Thank you Streetspy. You and suntan (above) have convinced me not to bother updating the AirPods (esp. now that I sold my iPhone after 4 major problems with Apple in the last 7 months that have not been resolved).

Apple has lost touch with its user base and is losing users quickly -- me being one of them. 13 years of loyalty are 100% gone. I will keep my AirPods though for now as I already spent quite a lot on those as well just like all of us did 🙃

What about if in both modes (bypass and Noise Canceling) the is loud static in both headphones? Work fine with both modes turned off ( regular headphones ). The worked fine for 3 months then one day they had major static when NC/bypass is turned on...

can I take to Apple to trade out for new ones?

What are you still doing here then?

All of my products are performing flawlessly now. Samsung was a complete failure for me in every regard. Try getting support from them, whatever you've gone through will be ten times worse.

Now if Apple would just make a TV. Samsung bricked my $3500 dollar tv after their last update and refuses to replace it.

Yeah, helping people for 7 months on here before I decided to give up 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

That's why I'm level 4 on here.

Apple turned our APPs into AirPods 2s w/ a higher price tag and turned my $1500 XS Max into a paperweight with an OLED on it and the GM of the Apple Store called everyone on these forums crazy and said it's just a quote "echo chamber" of people repeating other people's "issues" and claiming that they exist. Yup, he said that. He said that no issues exist and that it's all a bunch of rubbish. That's the Apple way! Apple are demigods and they are infallible, remember?

Don't hold your iPhone 4 wrong and make sure you get an OtterBox for your 6 Plus! 🙃🙃🙃👌👌👌❤❤❤

Well, good thing you don't own any more Apple products. Bye.

Enjoy a complete lack of support with your new phone with its green screen, failing fingerprint sensor, GPS failure and picky bluetooth. I had three of those... total garbage and I'm still out money.

TV is four months old and I was just told I would have to ship it back at my expense.