New AirPod iOS 17 - noise control

I loved how my AirPod Pro 2nd Gen worked previous to today. I could click and hold either stem to switch between noise cancellation and transparency.

This new iOS has given me severe anxiety. I finally turned off all adaptive audio, which throws off my equilibrium as it wanes on and off of noise cancellation. But now… switching between Transparency and Noise Cancellation with the stem is impossible.

Options on my phone give you the option to press and hold individual left and right buds for either Noise Control or Siri. I tried to designate left for Noise Control and right for Siri, and I don’t know if it’s a bug or glitch but neither Siri or Noise Control will switch if they aren’t synced between left and right options in the settings. Once I do designate both left and right as being “Noise Control,” I now have to press and hold both stems to switch between noise control settings for it to work about 70% of the time.

I’ve also experienced my AirPod Pros glitching and having just one on Noise Cancellation and the other Off, which makes me feel nauseous and want to throw my AirPods out a window.

Any advice? Am I setting things up wrong? I just want my iOS 16 back…