I called Apple and they seem very unsure how to handle this issue. I'm installing iOS 16.3 on my iPhone right now in case that helps. I lose roughly 20% overnight without any use of these things. It's not like these are their first AirPods and I fond it just a bit frustrating that they seem to be so lost as to why this is happening.
Having done significant research on the internet, I tried ALL of the solutions proposed before calling Apple. Once I made that clear to them, they suggested I unpair them from my iPhone and pair them to another device, so I paired them to my wife's iPhone -- same phone as mine so why would that make any difference?? Nothing changed.
It's very frustrating to get something new only to then have to struggle with problems to make it work as intended. Any way I can be put on their payroll as a product tester???