Airpods pro 2 cannot keep volume level after update to 17.x.x

Before sleeping I listen to music at the lowest possible volume.

The timer then stops the music after 15min so I can sleep. Mostly I sleep already after 5-10 minutes.

Now I noticed that that lowest volume level is not kept anymore but the volume increases by itself.

And that is annoying since I cannot sleep when the volume increases above a certain level.

That volume increase was especially strong when you have the “conversation recognition” switched on. Each time I say something e.g. to my wife the volume doesn’t go back to the same level as set manually before. So I switched “conversation recognition” off but still the volume changes. Not sure what triggers it (head turning!?)

And since you cannot adjust the lowest volume level at the air pods itself with a swipe down, you have to pickup your iPad and set the volume manually again.