AirPods 3 High Pitched noise.

Same issue. Very high, but obviously audible, frequency noise in the right bud. Only audible when nothing is playing through the AirPods. Connected to iPhone 12 and Mini 6.

Contacted support and they offered to service the product or refund. I declined to see if this may get resolved by firmware.

Using it for several days, and experiencing exactly the same. I am starting to doubt that a software update will fix it since is only in one ear, the right one, as you say. Thinking on return.

Wow, thank you for investigation, so it should be 100% a firmware issue. Ive got 4b61 and has this pitched sound in the right airpod, hoping for new update

I’m also getting this same issue with my AirPods 3. I’ve tried disconnecting automatic switching because that caused Bluetooth problems with my AirPods Max but no luck there. Resetting doesn’t do anything either - hopefully this is a firmware issue!

I thought this was good until I discovered that disconnecting and reconnecting the AirPods doesn’t persist this setting, unfortunately. Well sometimes it does persist. Other times it forgets. Resulting in having to go back to accessibility and turn in background sound again.

I have the same problem…I take my left bud out of my ear and I notice it stops, but it’s definitely coming from the right ear bud, it sounds really annoying especially when when I don’t have anything playing, hope it gets fixed.

As the first comment I have seen that mentions battery drain - I can agree this happens to mine as well.

So far I have noticed it once, where my right airpod was at 46% and my left was above 90%. I had used them an equal amount of time for audio playback only.

Hey!

I have the same problem! Background noise in the right earpiece is constant. It is very noticeable and becomes unbearable when the earbuds are not playing sounds or music! The next day after the purchase, I took them to a store that is an authorized reseller. At the moment I am waiting for a response from the Apple service. Has someone already exchanged headphones with such a problem in Apple?

Not sure what to do, and feeling pretty hopeless about this problem after reading so many replies on this thread. The “Background Noise” fix stops the high-pitched squealing, but not the crackling sound. I’m experiencing this with the right bud only. I can’t take it and won’t be able to use these. Apple, please help.

Is @apple going to do anything about this? Obviously this is a firmware issue because it is only doing it with this recent firmware as stated by another user. Apple needs to at least address this issue so we’ll know it’s being resolved.

I am also experiencing the same issue. Have just purchased my second pair as a replacement but am still having this issue so it’s clearly an issue Apples end that they need to sort out. I’m honestly quite annoyed because i’ve now spent £340 on faulty airpods

The first pair of airpods were purchased through BT meaning the refund hasn’t gone through straight away so i decided to purchase the airpods directly from the apple store instead and still have faulty goods which was why i had to buy 2 pairs. I don’t appreciate being called a liar when clearly a lot of people are having the same issue and there is obviously a problem with the product that needs to be resolved.

I get that. I don’t want a third replacement, but my second pair are unusable with the constant buzz. At least with my first pair I could work around the high frequency sound until they fix it. I didn’t expect the second pair to be worse.