Airpod Mic not working properly after IOS 14 update

FYI,

I had a chat with Apple yesterday,

They offered me to pay 226.87 CAD to send me new pair without the case, while I can buy new pair with a Wireless charging case for exact same price,

what a bad product, bad customer service, and bad product support.

Yeah. I’m thinking that there could be a faulty batch of these AirPod 2’s and after the firmware was updated, it killed the mic’s. Occasionally a caller has said that they could hear me albeit really quiet and for 1-2 seconds, then nothing. Until Apple investigates and finds something, then there is little chance of a product recall or the faulty ones being replaced. At the moment their customer service well below par from what I have experienced over the years with their products. Shame.

My Airpod's microphone also stopped working today.

Looks like Apple has done something horrible in their firmware. Built-In Voice Memos App is picking only disturbance from Microphone. While the third party App Voice Recorder & Audio Editor is working just fine.

I can't take audio calls or video calls from Google Meet. Apple please fix this ASAP. It's a software issue.

I have the exact same issue and yes it exactly happened after the iOS 14 update. My AirPods 2nd generation’s mic stop working sometimes and I’m having trouble making calls because they can’t hear my voice well. I have tried everything and nothing has worked yet. Apple needs to solve this problem ASAP. It’s so unApple way of dealing with problems!

AirPods ("v2") / A2031

Version: 3A283

Left airpod mic stopped working - knocking on the airpod sound is coming through but not while talking (right airpod in the enclosure). Forcing mic to right airpod from the settings seems to be working.

I have the same problem. No one can hear when I use my AirPods. I have tried everything suggested here but it won’t work. I think the problem started immediately I updated the last release of OS 14. It appears to me the problem is down to the software. Apple, please help us. We are suffering indeed.

Same problem. I have 3 Pairs of Airpods and none work. Hey Apple. WTFU and address this issue! You have major shareholders paying attention. Maybe if Tim did not fire Scott F. these Rookie/B-Team issues would not be happening. Ready for my linux phone.

I’ve wrote on AppleSupport Twitter account to see if I’ll get some reply for now nothing, but I can see they are replying for ppl posts. So they just ignored my post. Maybe if more ppl write to them and add the link to this thread, then we will get a reply.

https://twitter.com/luk45z_/status/1381618038898892806?s=21

So I think, I know where is the problem. The problem is in Automatic Ear Detection when this is on, and your ear peace is in your ear, microphone is not working and headphone symbol is next to the clock, but when you take out the ear peace from your ear the headphone symbol is disappearing and microphone is working, it's like ear peace think is in your ear but is not, and when is in your ear it thinks is not in your ear. I've tried that on iPhone 12 mini iOS 14b8 and iPad Air iOS 12.5.2. Give this a try people and check it for your self. Also if you turn off the Automatic Ear Detection, AirPods microphone is not working at all, but when you turn it back on, is coming back to the same situation I've described at the begging.

I've been having this same issue. My right airpod just started doing the exact same thing... doesn't really pick up anything when I start talking, but if I talk long enough it will begin picking up my voice. If I stop talking and start again, the whole process starts over.

I did, and after a few generic troubleshooting steps Apple now scheduled a call with “Senior Advisor” for Monday.

so yeah people, please participate also in that Twitter thread. Hopefully this should bring their focus on this.

Yeah so...the support guy didn't know anything about the problem yet and wanted to go through the normal return route for the AirPods.

So that wasn't a real reaction by Apple regarding this problem at all.

They couldn't even offer me the return because I originally hadn't bought the AirPods from Apple...

On mine nothing helped, automatic detection off, left microphone, right microphone, forget device. Still in phone calls no one can hear me. Witch is very annoying. But the best part is if the ear detection is on, and I've got ear peace in im hand microphone is working, but the moment I put into my ear it's stops working, So in my case Ear detection is faulty, and they flipped the functionality, it's working other way round, compared as it should be.

I don’t see any improvement after the new firmware update either. The mic is still faulty and I can’t make phone calls with my AirPods. I have tried several tricks including turning off the auto ear detection but nothing has worked yet.

Just update the AirPods 2 gen with the latest firm and the phone is also update and nothing , they can not listen me. I notice that when I raise my voice and speak for at 2-3 sec then the mic starts working but the thing is that I must speak continuously :)if now I stop for a second again the same. I record my voice with the recorder and there I saw it BUT if I use the GarageBand and record there then it works correctly.

Also when I listen the record at the beginning I hear a small wind for a split and then gap until these 2-3 sec.

Please if someone from apple sees this do something , it’s so long now the problem. I open a case , they try to help me with all the settings and the rest but nothing