Airpods Pro 2 noise cancellation worse after firmware update 7A294

Tja, I keep my fingers crossed for you, thats yours remain in this good anc condition.

but honestly I am sure that there are either a lot of people out there who do not notice any difference because they use their AirPods differently (louder music where the lag of high frequencies is not that obvious, or they listen in quieter environments) or the "roll out" of the ANC reduction happens incrementally.

so, the chances are high, that you already have it and dont pay attention to it or u ll be the next one.;)

I am badly affected by this. Tried cleaning, resetting but I can hardly tell the difference between NC on and off. This was the main reason for getting the Air Pods Pro 2 and for almost a year I had zero complaints

Another using letting Apple know I am in the same boat. My wife got me Air Pros 2 for Christmas and I was so excited for the “improved” noise cancellation over the original Air Pods Pro that I own.

As soon as I tried them out of the box,

I said, “Is noise cancellation even working?”

If this does not get fixed soon I will be returning these.

Same here, mine are now picking up the sound from my room tv at low volume, that never used to happen.

would have loved if we had a slider to adjust the amount of noise canceling that we needed instead of apple deciding for us.

guess it’s time to make the switch to a better competitor.

Hello, I have the same issue with my airpods pro 2.

I thought it was a problem

with the tips, so I bought brand new ones with a cleaning tool kit but the problem was still there after replacing them.

After some research I found your post on reddit and what I feared came true. Apple literally deleted the most important feature of this product.

I'm done with them. I'm out of the ecosystem.

I'm selling my Iphone 13 mini, my airpods pro and my watch series 6. I'm going OnePlus with the phone and Sony for the earphones.

And I went back to Qobuz.

Enough is enough.

I recently got my AirPods Pro 2 replaced a week ago, and everything was working perfectly until yesterday. It seems like the noise cancellation feature has gone haywire again. Before the replacement, I could only hear people talking within a meter, but now I can clearly hear them from 10 meters away. It’s quite frustrating!

So I have further bad news. I had complained to Apple and they replaced mine via Apple Care. Been using the new ones for a few days now and the NC is equally bad. It works for some noises but a lot of things which were usually very soft in the past like voices come through as clearly as without having them in my ear.

It baffles me that Apple by now hasn't realized or payed attention to this problem and released an update.

If I was into conspiracy theories I would've said they want us to all upgrade to the next version when it comes out sometime this year. If a software fix isn't released for this soon, I'm so done with Apple.

Currently on iOS 18.2.1, firmware 7B21 with the same issue. Very disappointed—these are brand new & I’m now using my Bose from 2014 because they are better. I also tried the hearing aid function, and it has a very long way to go. I may try to return these.

Just got brand new 7A294s today and will be returning them because of this. I was so looking forward to being able to focus at work, and can't believe I didn't see all these forums complaining about the ANC changes before I purchased, as I usually do really good research.

Commenting to pile on so hopefully something changes. I am genuinely so sad and really hoped these would be a solution. If anyone has found any comparable solutions for sound sensitivity that are buds and not over-ear headphones, please feel free to reply and make a suggestion.

Same issue here. I had to fight with Apple for them to send me a new pair even though I have AppleCare+. They said I had to send mine back without a replacement until mine were fixed. I told them absolutely not, I paid for express replacement and I want express replacement. The guy argued with me for a while but he finally relented. I got my new set today and I was so excited. That excitement was short lived. As soon as I put them in, same issue. Very, very disappointing considering what I paid for these. I’m looking for a better alternative if anyone has any suggestions.

Same, when I bought them a year ago I could not hear any speech with ANC on or it was really muffled and now, for example, I can clearly hear other people talking in the public transport which is annoying

I can even hear myself snap my fingers on writing at my keyboard, something I definitely could not before.

I keep checking whether transparency is on instead of noise cancellation - it is not.

The change is enormous. Noise cancellation was the only reason I bought AirPods Pro 2, and now the feature is essentially completely gone. This will spread quickly by word of mouth and inevitably hurt their sales.

Apple needs to fix this ASAP. I was gonna upgrade to AirPods Pro 3 when they come out but that feels like a major gamble now considering the lack of noise cancellation.

I was so impressed with the noise canceling feature in my AirPod Pros, that I literally convinced my mother, my boss, my girlfriend, my brother, and two of my best friends to purchase a pair… they absolutely loved after I showed them how you could make the world disappear. This was very very convenient, especially for one of my friends who works in a jewelry factory, in a very, very noisy environment, where (to make matters worse) his boss was always blasting music he hated. When I started to notice the decline of my AirPod Pro noise canceling I called him to check if this was a malfunction of mine and he told me he was noticing the same and that he already had bought a pair of headphones from a different brand because he couldn’t stand living without that feature that Apple just blatantly took away from us. now, when I go to the gym, my music has to fight against the horrible music. They play there and it’s maddening to a point where sometimes I just give up listening to music or listening to a podcast.

I really hope Apple will fix that in the next upgrade or at least bring it back in the next generation, otherwise, I will also have to search for a different brand.

I’m looking at switching to Sony. My AirPods are also giving weird feedback noises suddenly. And these are brand new as Apple replaced my other ones due to the noise cancellation issue. No change with the brand new pair.

Seems like this is a general problem, and not just limited to may AirPods Pro 2s. Glad I didn't order a new pair, but frustrating as many here are saying. The difference when turning on ANC is almost imperceptible. Surly this will get fixed with a future firmware update, if that is what caused the problem?